O del mio dolce ardor by Christoph Willibald von Gluck Sung by Jessica Pray

O del mio dolce ardor by Christoph Willibald von Gluck Performed by high school senior Jessica Pray, 17 years old for a college video audition.

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Entertainment

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• soprano
• solo
• jessica
• pray

[kirstenvanterheyden]

in my opinion this is a little too fast - you can't get as much emotion out of it. you're ace though!

[JohnstonCrazy]

@kirstenvanterheyden Thanks!!

[GeoMiP]

I was just about to post, "HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY DISLIKE THIS?!?!" then I realized no one did. This is bloody brilliant. Your tone is perfect. o.o

[JohnstonCrazy]

@GeoMiP Oh thank you so much! Much appreciated :)

[TheAGSmiley]

I love this...I'm singing this for a state competition next week, and i use this video to practice..=] well done! <3

[JohnstonCrazy]

@TheAGSmiley Thank you so much for your kind comment!

[ElishaElli]

I LOVE YOUUU-3 Congratts Miss Iowa(: Even though Im from Wisconsin, I was cheering for you-3 Keep singing and dont let anyone tell you otherwise!!!(: You are my biggest role model and I hope that I can become like you someday(:

PS, GREAT JOB AT THE TALENT PORTION(: YOUR DRESS WAS STUNNING!!!!!!!!-3

[balkanikaable]

Well done,you have a lovely tone, this is one of my favourite pieces by Gluck .Which collage are you auditioning for?

[DancingAryan]

Definately using this to practice for my OMEA competition in february! Thanks :)

[magichacker929]

@taashamf i was going to type EXACTLY what you just said but well you wrote it first :)

[taashamf]

You do have good tone, but you need to do some work. Look up the IPA (international phonetic alphabet) for each word, because your Italian diction could be better, also all r's must be flipped otherwise it ends up sounding very American! Also you have some spread vowels, open your mouth longer not wider for [e] and [i] vowels, but don't tense your jaw. Relax your jaw, but keep an engaged tongue, and don't try to control the sound from your throat, use your air and let the sound flow freely!

[organboi]

@ElvinD15 Funny, I was hoping she is NOT a music major. She's too good to fall into that trap. There are simply no jobs, unless she wants to teach, and even then, there are precious few jobs. The music schools exist simply to line the pockets of the inner cult that keeps passing out degrees when there is simply no work in this field. I am qualified to say this. I have a MM from Juilliard, and have seen a lot. Almost all of my associates there have quit music as a "profession." We are "the 99%."

[organboi]

@kirstenvanterheyden TOTALLY WRONG. IT IS NOT TOO FAST. The original score is in cut-time, which is a compound meter, which means it's in 2, not 4. This girl, along with Juan Diego Florez, is one of the precious few to sing it as Gluck intended. She gets all the emotion required. It's supposed supposed to be a restless song with much forward motion, not a slow dark impassioned one. It can even go faster. Brava! Don't change a thing.

[ElishaElli]

You have an amazing voice(: You are sooooo talented and sooo beautiful<3 Congratts Miss Iowa(: I LOVE YOUU<3

[hsbyl]

im learning this piece for my college audition! youve really got this song down, much respect for your talent and beauty :]

[coloratuersoprano]

Please work on your vowels. You have an angelic voice...Maybe your should be singing something other than a mezzo soporano song...Lay off consanances and protect your vowels when singing Italian....You need to work on the fullness of you sound and tone:) Also....put more feeling into this piece...Maybe try German?? They sing with more v,z,r,l,and n's to the pieces so that you can learn placement to your vowels!!!! Keep Singing!!!