SETH RUDETSKY DECONSTRUCTS La Cage, Most Happy Fella and li'l Audra MacDonald

This focuses on what I like to call "opera scooping". For examples I use George Hearn, Robert Weede and Audra MacDonald in RAGTIME

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Music

Tags:

• Seth Rudetsky
• Broadway
• Audra MacDonald
• Ragtime
• La Cage Aux Folles
• The Most Happy Fella

[violetcloud]

so they call it different things... your point is?

[16BarCut]

broadWAY! obsesseddddd... with the 30 days of deconstruction!!

[krispykritterlover]

I always thought the woman doing the scooping at the end was Marin! OMG!

[jcb561]

I like your honey badger video better.

[Targemq8]

Talk. Slower. Darling, I know you're all famous and whatnot, and even when I don't agree with your treatises, I enjoy them, but HOLY HELL TALK SLOWER.

[maggiepower]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed Audra at the end of the chorus. Thanks for your awesome videos.

[rogharm]

love robert weede love this opera lesson. i found someone who knows and agrees with me!!!!! love opera singers who sing in english. opera singers are great. where can i hear the robert weede ? what a voice and there was no stereo then. i want hear hear the entire great recording with the opera singers. "My ROmance" sung by Jan Peerce is great on youtube. ROGHARM i love your EXAMPLES. OBSESSED TOO. But i grew up with quality musical singing. remember aged 65???!!!

[showersinger34]

HAHA! ohhh, those sopranos. you know, i agree, there's a point where we can't sing consonants or the vowels will close up, but you could at least PRETEND to!

Then again, I'm working on "Out of my dreams" and optioning up, so instead of "with you" i end up with "waaath yaaa"

[crazyking1325]

those last two measures in Ragtime just killed me, i was like HOLY SHIT THAT'S SO COOL this makes me wanna play piano

[jedigurl527]

I was gonna say to put in markers in quicktime!

<3, the third stage manager :)

[Selendomono]

lol Audra's moment in this video just about sums her up, phenomenal singing and being the loudest one in the chorus. god i love her.

[crivz]

Seth, I love you. Thank you for giving the seal of approval that we opera-trained singers are an asset to the Broadway musical. You are now officially my new bff.