Moku's Student Recital - Rusalka

Student Recital on Friday, Nov. 17th. Here, I sang Song to the Moon (Mesicku na nebi hlubokem) from the Czech opera Rusalka, composed by Dvorak.

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Music

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• rusalka
• dvorak
• song
• moon
• opera
• recital
• mesicku

[Opera88]

Is that Mrs. Seal playing the Piano?!!!!! OMG! If it is I know her!!!! OMG!! WOW! If not then ignore this.

[Chinmku]

Yes, it is.

[Opera88]

OMG! How do you know her? I went to Barron Collier High School and was in the Concert Choir with Mr. Todd Peterson and she traveled with us to Austria/Prague/San Fransico/Italy! I love her so much! We all do here in Naples. Where are you from?

[Chinmku]

I go to the college she teaches at.. I'm from Naples but I live in Fort Myers now.

[klarynn]

excellent work on the diction, I am learning this one and it is a bear!!..  The high notes are a little shrill but you have them clearly. Just, open a little more and keep it up! Best of Luck!!

[Chinmku]

Thank you very much. I'll definitely work on that!

[primaviva]

You have a beautiful clean voice. I love your spin. Don't wear that type of dress that peeks out your legs it is distracting from your wonderful voice. Try to think a pure vowel keep it's on ah and try not to fold you bottom lip inward. Remember vowels are more tongue and palette than the shape of the lips.

[LaMostraESopra]

Ahhh. Love love love your voice!

[Matthewcoakley08]

I agree, I'm only 19 but as far as the problem I can see is managers and producers, and even some instructers are only worried about getting them out there, fast, and at a price, they're not worried about the toll it takes on not only the singers but also the art itself, and by the time a singer is 30 when they should be starting, their career is over. Opera is an art that takes time and persistance, not just vibrato and a powerful voice. If more singers learn to wait, they'll be much happier

[ronaldpiercerocks]

I love this song, it's interesting to watch students from differents parts of the world singing it, so far I like this one and one from a mexican girl, in my opinion the vibrato sounds a little unnatural in some parts, but still you were really good.

I agree, singers are not what they use to be, they seem more preocupate on sing louder instead of doing music, I can't remember when was the last time I went to the opera and enjoy it

[PonselleLover]

Yes, I know it since long and it's one of my favorite ! By the way, Milanov's is from 1958. When I was studying, I had 2 teachers and I didn't blindly trust them, I took from their advices those which I felt adequate to my voice. And listening carefully to Lauri Volpi, Tagliavini and Vinogradov for the placement and to Schipa and Pippo for the diction was the best school ever !

[LiquidShell77]

Good point! Singers today don't really have someone they can go to for examples on true operatic singing, and good teachers are a rarity. I can think of few singers today who don't water down their sound. No wonder every student coming up sounds like a pop singer. Listen to Aprile Millo's version of this song. Beautiful!

[PonselleLover]

I do agree with you and I will go further : my definitive reference for this aria is the recording by Zinka Milanov in 1955 or 56 for RCA. Her voice is dark in the low notes and clear in the high. Though Rusaalka is a nymph, she's not weak and ethereal, she's determined.

[PonselleLover]

But these teachers, as good as they may be, will never match listening to the great sopranos of the past : Ponselle, Muzio, and so on... You have to find your model, the type of voice that fits yours and follow it. Even great sopranos may be personnal bad teachers : Crespin was wellkown as a voicebreaker at the ONSM of Paris. I myself was a pupill of Helia T'Hezan, a great french dramatic soprano of the 60 and 70s and she didn't fit to me.

[Hotnoodles2k1]

It's been a while since I've heard that sweet voice of yours. I'm really impress, you have gone a great distance with your studies. Has to be one of my favorite video that you have posted, along with that Broadway song. Keep at it cause I hope to see you on stage some day.

[ragnarkisten]

good voice you got there. But a lousy recording. Make sure you don't overdo it on the top notes. I am sure you know what i mean, to much compression. Keep up the good work.

I myself am a norwegian student of singing (tenor) appreciate your videos