When All Night Long A Chap Remains-Iolanthe

This is a clip from a recital for my voice studio at the end of my freshman year.

Constructive criticism is appreciated. CONSTRUCTIVE.

Barett Fleming

When All Night Long A Chap Remains-Iolanthe

Birmingham-Southern College May 2009
Recital for the Voice Studio of Emily Herring

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Iolanthe
• When All Night Long
• A Chap Remains
• Birmingham Southern
• Barett Fleming

[Hikikomori013]

It's not bad, but I think the gestures should be more restrained. Gilbert and Sullivan is best if you play the character straight.

They aren't being funny, they're just living their ordinary lives. The audience can tell when it's funny by themselves. Too many modern productions forget that and overdo the performance. The Pirate Movie being a good example, while the Linda Ronstadt version of Pirates of Penzance is quite well done, with only minimal mugging for the camera.

[StandingAtTheMic]

@Hikikomori013 Thanks :) I appreciate your feedback.

[01jocooper]

Never do gestures without any intention behind them... for example if you don't really know why you are making a gesture (other than being told to or you want to fill space) then you shouldn't make it.

Also, don't attempt to create vibrato by restricting/controlling air flow, true natural vibrato is created by an unrestricted free-flowing airflow. Also, maybe try brightening your [a] vowel - especially in the [aI] diphthong - it shifts to "uh" a lot.

[StandingAtTheMic]

@01jocooper,

Thank you so much for your feedback. I really do appreciate it.

[liedvogel]

Yay! You're right, this is much better than the first version. I totally hear the progress. Don't really understand some of the choreography :) Good job, darling!

[StandingAtTheMic]

I blame Stan for the choreography.