All the comments about "Freni's so rude": you don't understand, she's the only one in Europe who tries keeping the italian old school singing alive! During the second world war, so many marvellous voice teachers fled out of Europe. People sometimes don't realize that a big part of the tradition was lost! Freni is doing a great job, I'm happy she's doing it.

Абсолютно согласна, всё точно и по делу! В этом году Мирелла Френи покинула землю, но уверена, что будет с ангелами петь на небесах. Царствия небесного прекрасной певице и удивительной женщине.

какое счастье, что мой учитель учит этому с начала моего обучения

Приятно и интересно смотреть за работой мастера. Браво! Мирелла Френи! Спасибо всем участникам.

Мирелла - мой кумир! Она молодец, что покритиковала нашу школу нынешнюю с её „раздутым“ звуком. Архипова более резко объясняла то же самое (я была ещё школьницей, когда имела счастье попасть на подобие мастер-класса от Ирины Константиновны), но потом, в муз.колледже, мне всячески пытались доказать, что невнятные слова с вытьём - это хорошо, а оперное пение свободно-разговорным стилем - древность.

Все правильно она говорит,очень трудно слушать мычащих певцов, которые жуют все слова и голос как из ведра. И выражение "как говоришь так и пой" не имеет буквального смысла, смысл в том что звук летел вперед, в зал, над оркестром, над фоно. Разве не видно, что все представленные певцы давятся звуком? Верха это форсированное горло? О какой технике тут идет речь? Если техника и заключается в четкой дикции, в полетном звуке в свободном пении? Френи говорит основные наиболее значимые моменты, обобщая их. Она не обязана с каждым заниматься по часу, это трудоемкая работа, которую должны были делать педагоги. Что вы тут демагогию развели? Русский язык не самый лучший для пения, он тяжелый , неповоротливый, и русские певцы поют довольно средне на итальянском, потому что сочетания звуков нет такого как на итальянском, нет той звонкости и нет быстроты в речи. И педагогов кстати, в Росии тоже очень, очень мало, единицы.

Она достаёт, выводит голос...После её правок голоса ЛЕТЯТ, словно крылья появляются у голосов!!!!! До мурашек и до слёз.....Великолепный мастер...И, главное, с юмором, легко, и доходчиво всё объясняет...Брависсимо мастеру и ребятам.

Along with Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni was the most versatile lyric soprano with a most beautiful voice, unbeatable technique, expressiveness and innate musicality. Due to their vast repertory, they both were the perfect opera coaches ever. May her soul Rest in Peace.

Great teacher... Rest in peace Mrs. Freni.

Мирелла Френи великая певица. И то что она говорит о звуке верно. Звук не должен заходить во внутрь, он только из вне касается кожи и посылается назад в зал, и образуется звук перед верхними двумя зубами на расстоянии ладони. Если точно определить что поет в теле, то это клиновидная пазуха с помощью связок, а клиновидная пазуха очень маленькая, и поэтому большой звук ее перегружает. Терпеть не могу нашу зевковую грузную школу, это не школа а порождение тяжелого рева, который не только не способен полететь а переполняет клиновидку, и возвращается обратно в горло на связки. Так что. Браво Френи, Брависимо!!!

Una gran profesora extraordinaria. Grande entre las grandes Mirella. Gracias por todo tu inmenso arte

I have read many comments complaining about Freni criticizing in a rude manner. What she is doing is pointing out defects that will lead to a short career and vocal problems. She is helping them and those who pay attention are singing with an improved free sound. As singers they will face much worse on the job. It is better they learn now.

Волшебная,умничка,величайшая,всё так просто,что очень сложно❤️❤️❤️

Большое Вам спасибо за это видео!!!

Вчера посмотрел фильм про Саломею Крушельницкую. Это она спасла Пуччини и его Мадам Батерфляй. Ее во Львове в консе выучили как мецо-сопрано. Приехала она в Италию и ей там сказали - " Вы не мецо, вы сопрано и вас надо переучить." Так что вот так. Учимся мы певцы по 10 и 20 лет , а оказыаается не тому учимся. Все от школы зависит и удачи. Попадется хороший педагог на твоем жизненном пути и поведет тебя в правильном направлении, возможно что-нибудь и получится

Какая она классная!

I think she does an excellent job, she is extremely practical, goes directly to the root of the problems with the singers and the results are immediate

да да! огромное спасибо!!! просто исключительный по полезности мастер-класс, от настоящей легенды оперной сцены!

I honestly do not understand the comments on this video. She is only commenting on their voice and rightly so. (All of them with the exception of one soprano sing with their vocal fold mass inside the throat) she doesn't humiliate them as personalities. It's their voice as an instrument that she comments on. People seem to have very fragile egos nowadays... plus her way is really Mediterranean which to me is also funny and relaxed. I can imagine that in a Russian school this kind of temperament may sound arrogant. But she is not. My teacher has the same behaviour and we crack up laughing when she mocks my mistakes. I guess it's a cultural difference.

Ecco un grande esempio di una persona che ha avuto una grande carriera e che capisce la differenza tra un suono emesso bene e uno non emesso bene ma non sa diagnosticare il problema con termini specifici e quindi rimane generica e esageratamente emotiva nelle sue spiegazioni per mancanza della conoscenza dell'apparato vocale.

Singing opera is incredibly difficult, endlessly dedicated work....good for Mirella for educating the masses on the real professionals go through on a daily basis

Я хоть и не любитель такого вокала, но посмотрел с удовольствием. :)

Все правильно говорит,супер мастер класс))

Incredible! She knew all the tunes and lyrics - word by word - sung by all these Russian candidates to the opera stage. Freni sang over 50 complete operas on stage and recorded over twenty by composers such as Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini, Leoncavallo, Handel, Rossini, Cilea, Giordano, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, etc. Arguably one of the most versatile and complete opera singer/actress of the 20th century and part of the 21st. Rest in peace, Mirella, you will be irreplaceable!

I think Mrs Freni is a superb teacher making this Master class so instructive and voice liberating and proyection for the novel singers. I admire Mirella a great soprano.

Настоящий мастер!

MIRELLA FRENI's way of singing Opera is completely correct, which is now died and considered as old approach to vocal art. Here I recommend that you watch an KZfaq channel called 'This is Opera'. You can find out there why the modern opera world is so unpopular among people. The channel is very enlightening and educational.

Great Artist and teacher ! Miss her

The problem is not who has got a beautiful voice or a great technique but who makes you forget ALL the others...Freni was one of these unique singers and artists. So at least she is not hypocritical and says what she thinks... all the others lie.

К таким мастерам надо приходить с минимальными техническими проблемами..

Perfettamente inversamente proporzionale alla sua grande e bella carriera. Scioccante!!

Великолепно 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

О чудо! То что я искала, мне именно это нужно!

PURA TECNICA ITALIANA, GRACIAS MAESTRA, VENGA A USA AQUI SE HAN INVENTADO UNA TECNICA FATALE.

Чудесная Мирелла, Бельканто !!!!

хотя я не пою, а только хочу петь, но посмотрел с удовольствием ))

Cпасибо Mirella Freni !!! великолепный !!!

THE INTERPRETER IS FANTASTIC. FRENI IS ALSO HILARIOUS!!! HO HOW ENJOYED THIS, THOUGH I AM GLAD THAT IT WAS NOT ME LEARNING. BRAVI, THEY WHERE VERY BRAVE. BEST MASTER CLASS.

They have beautiful voices but they seem to be listening to themselves too much. I love what Freni is doing with them, getting the sound out of the throat and into a higher placement.

Мені дуже сподобався майстер клас!!!

Sometimes the only way to teach is to exaggerate what we want to show. And I think She finally mocks the issue with swallowing the voice because The singers keep on doing it. I don't think She is mean. She is giving the best to these students.

100% права Мирелла Френи, Как говоришь так и пой. Браво!!!!!

Che facile come l ha fatto ! È utile! Grazie ~

Итальянская школа приехала к русской школе и естественно ее забраковала. На самом деле - хотите петь итальянскую оперу надо у итальянцев учиться. Русская школа подходит для русской оперы

Essa primeira mezzo, a voz dela é incrível. Timbre lindo demais

все таки звукоизвлечение у итальянской школы вокала и русской - разное!!!

My teacher is just like her.She sings like me to show my mistakes and I am really so happy that I can correct everything I do wrong))

BetuliaLiberata Toscarpia ***** I must say I find this a strange situation. Young singers are put on stage and have to perform for Freni. All the singers have drastic technical problems and she is supposed to correct those problems in 4 minutes??? Freni is a technician. If you hire her to give master classes then you must know that she is going to want to correct technical problems that the singers have. She is not going to give master classes in style or interpretation. How can one allot such a small time window for such a mammoth task? It seems the only thing she can do is give an appraisal. When your car is not driving well and you take it into the garage to find out what is wrong with it, you don't want to hear that it is a nice color or that the seats are in good condition. You want to hear what is wrong with it Yes, she does seem impatient and even slightly frustrated but I am sure she was expecting to have singers who are at a more advanced technical state and. At least she is being truthful and not like Jones who just waffles on about pronunciation or phrasing. I think the fault lies more with the organizers who sent such inexperienced singers into the bull ring or if they were stuck with these singers, the should have allocated at least 45 mins per singer.

Maestra! Bravo!

This is a valuable singing lesson - something that seems missing nowadays. Mirella Freni, like Caballe, are great artists and know really well what good singing is. Mirella was a great singer and had a very solid technique. Such a privilege listening to her good pieces of advice. And this vídeo just prove that if someone wants to have a career in singing, they must be brave and prepared to listen and learn: people "too sensitive" with criticism cannot be opera singers. Brava Freni ! ! ! She was right in what she said about those singers. I could see improvement with her suggestions.

QUE BUENAS MASTER CLASS MAESTRA FRENI!!!!

Все ошибки у этих сопранисток из-за за того, что не умеют верхнюю губу поднимать, когда поют. Нас этому учили на французской фонетике. Это было не так то просто, но потом научились и поэтому сразу становится ясно о чём говорит Мирелла. Из-за фонетических особенностей нашего языка, и артикуляции, звук остаётся в горле или во рту и не идёт наверх вперёд.

now I know which masterclass I'll never attend in my life!!

Потрясающая Мирелла!!!Великая певица и отличный педагог!!!❤🌹👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

She's a bit harsh but you can see she really cares for the singers - look how nice she is when saying goodbye to them. And she's always right when correcting them !

Все исполнители поют так, как их научили: глубоким звуком, в соответствии с российской школой, где открытый звук есть звук без развития. То, что показывает итальянка противоположно тому, чему учат, например, в консерватории. Разумеется, они не могут перестроиться за 5 минут

Qué gran cantante era, qué a tiempo supo retirarse, y qué graciosa y borde está en estas clases...

11:37 That was so much better! That one note shows what he can and hopefully will be! The pianist was good. So good.

Master..👏👏

Прекрасный мастер-класс. Очень хотелось бы в нём поучаствовать!!!

hermosos los ojos de la maestra

мне кажется у меня ушло 7 лет чтобы понять про что она говорит здесь - "не дави на голос"

Chi dici che è maleducata non ha mai vissuto in Italia..è solo un modo da fare che non è intenzionalmente crudele. Dice quello che pensa, senza girarsi intorno. Detto questo, come molti grandi artisti, non sa insegnare, capisce i difetti ma non so spiegare come correggerli. O almeno qui sembra, ma poi come si fa a cambiare completemente tecnica in un master class? Dovrebbe concentrarsi di piu sull' interpretazione, non si puo fare una " lezione di canto" così. Io ho incontrato la Freni 30 anni fa quando cantavo nel coro dell' opera di San Francisco, era gentilissima e completemente naturale e alla mano.

Почитала комментарии трёх российских ботов, критикующих Миреллу, - посмеялась от души. Ирина Константиновна Архипова говорила „Пойте, как будто в хоре. А если не можете и начинаете выдавливать/раздувать звук, то у вас нет голоса!“ . Если любого обывателя, далекого от музыки, попросить изобразить оперное пение, то он начнёт форсировать. И даже если у обывателя этого нет голоса вообще, то какие-то громкие звуки он выдаст - вот вам и основа нынешней российской школы.

In conclusione: la tecnica del canto moderno è un disastro. Canta tutto dentro.

Eccellente maestra e allievi fantastici (sono Russi).

i dont think you guys dont really understand what it is to be an opera singer. in order for one to be great, they mist get used to straight, demanding criticism as far as technique and diction is concerned. these singers in this video made her upset because they were all singing way too heavy. she even told the first guy to brighten his vowels because his pitch was really low. i wish i could have had this oppurtunity. this is how it is at ivy league schools when taking diction courses, etc. they will stop a person numerous times until its fixed. its not about how she is teaching, but what she is teaching. they will and have probably thanked her for her help. renee fleming took lessons from her as well and even said that it takes someone with passion to study with her. she is very intense, but it takes a lot.

ahahahaah come insegnante è severissima :D magnifica :)

Is it possible to repost this with English titles? I sort of understand in my limited Italian what she's asking or looking for

Потрясающая Мирелла.Все так правильно,надо думать о чем поешь, а мы учим извлекать звуки.

Freni gives excellent masterclasses. Brava maestra! We need her in the Uk also

Todos los gestos de ella, me hacen recordar a un maestro que tuve. Es difícil entenderles, pero a la final tienen razón de cuál es la manera correcta de cantar.

Mirella - brava!!!

She is just excellent!!!

Una de las discípulas de la maestra Mirella Freni, la soprano Celia Gómez Bernal nos dice que siempre se debe cantar afuera, no en la gola, olvidar los falsos amigos y no llevar la voz a lugares como la nariz. Siempre a la máscara completa, la voz debe sonar Jóven y con morbidesa. Maestra Freni es sin lugar a duda la mejor Maestra técnicamente hablando y la master Celia Gomez una gran discípula que ha sabido transmitir estos conocimientos. Si llegas a traducir esto amiga estamos en México en un lugar llamado Coatzacoalcos, por que el arte no solo debe residir en lugares de primer mundo, también aquí buscamos la Ópera. Saludos y muy hermoso el trabajo hecho en Rusia.

Моя мечта быть певицей 😌

А ведь Френи здесь оч много лет ! Как же она блистала !

If you want to know who is and was Mirella Freni find here on you tube her aria from La Boheme!Thank me later

The girl in the white dress sings very good

Mirella Freni is an exceptional teacher. She is also funny. She is not mean. She needs to be blunt

Great vid! What's the title of the first aria subg by the mezzo? Thanks!

essere bravi concertisti non vuol dire essere bravi didatti o l opposto. Essere entrambi è una grande dote. In parole povere una scassa maroni. ;D..alla fine della fiera i consigli ben accetti ma, maestri lo diventiamo noi col tempo e l esperienza.

RIP THE BEST SOPRANO VOICE

Очень,очень правильно !Спасибо Мирелла.У нас в России забыли эту школу

Очень верно¡

Френи-отличное лирическое сопрано. Некоторые вещи, которые она говорит очень важны!

la prima ragazza che canta è chiaramente un contralto che la freni apostrofa"mezzosoprano"!!!!!e che vuole fare cantare da soprano!!!!!signore pietà,l insegnamento del canto è il mestiere più bello del mondo a saperlo fare.i grandi cantanti cantino,i grandi insegnanti insegnino!

What Freni is teaching is the correct technique not a preference like some commenters stated. You are not supposed to have an artificial "dark" sound; that's when the sound is all constricted and stuck in the throat and will not project or soar over the orchestra. This is what she's trying to say. You are supposed to sing with your natural speaking voice also called chest voice with proper voice development and techniques to train it to soar far. Have you ever heard street vendors and those market sellers holler? Next time when you go to Chinatown, listen to those market sellers who holler to advertise about their prices right by their fruit stand. They are not big or tall or fat; they are tiny Chinese ladies in their 60's or 70's or short skinny men and yet you hear what they are trying to holler clearly miles away over the traffic noise, the sirens, everything. You might not understand what they are yelling at but you hear them Why? Because they are using their chest voice. Of course they don't realize it because they just want people to come to buy their stuff but that's what they are doing. They are actually using their voice in the most efficient way to project over a huge space through a long distance over other noises. Opera is the same thing. They are singing to try to tell a story to a huge audience over a vast amount of space over lots of noise (the orchestra). So if the most effective way for street vendors to get themselves heard in a huge space over other noises is to use chest voice, shouldn't opera singers do the same thing? Instead of using these fake "dark" sound? Maybe we should go back to the old days and have opera productions without microphones, then all of those opera singers and students would appreciate what Freni is trying to teach them and the bad singers and those bad teachers who are teaching the wrong technique to potential young singers can be finally weeded out.

It is difficult to understand how somebody can be at the same time one of the greatest voices the world has ever heard and such a coarse and vulgar person.

Adoro Mirella Freni come cantante, ma è fin troppo severa, le voci e la tecnica di questi giovani cantanti è molto buona. Lei non può insegnare a cantare come faceva lei, una voce naturale già di suo, senza neanche una zona di passaggio.... Perché comunque anche questi giovani sono bravissimi

САМАЯ ГЛАВНАЯ ИСТИНА - "ПОЙ КАК ГОВОРИШЬ" И ТОГДА КСТАТИ ВСЕ СЛОВА БУДУТ ЯСНЫ. ПЕТЬ НАДО СВОБОДНО, А НЕ ВЫЖИМАТЬ ЗВУКИ. В ЭТОМ МНЕ И НЕ НРАВИТСЯ ОПЕРА. МНЕ НРАВЯТСЯ ОПЕРНЫЕ ПЕВЦЫ, КОТОРЫЕ УМЕЮТ ПЕТЬ СИЛЬНО И ЯСНО И ВСЕ ЭТО ЕСТЕСТВЕННО. ПЕНИЕ ДОЛЖНО БЫТЬ ЕСТЕСТВЕННЫМ , В ЭТОМ ИСТИНА.

Hermoso

Mirella Freni hat immer etwas billiges in ihrer Stimme gehabt. Jetzt weiss ich warum - das ist eine sehr einfache Persönlichkeit, die sich wie eine Bäkereifachverkäuferin benimmt. Hut ab für die Ruhe und die Selbstbeherschung der jungen Sängerin, die eine tolle Stimme hat.

Tiene razón en lo que dice a los cantantes, pero hay mil y una formas de decir las cosas, que sea la grande Freni, cantante a quién personalmente he admirado siempre, no le da el derecho de ridiculizar así a las personas.

È troppo peccato che ci siano dei cantanti che dopo la carriera non sono pronti di aiutare i giovani cantanti. Si potrebbe profitarne tanto, invece la Freni fa finta di non aver mai avuto problemi o di non esser mai stata studente. Tra l'altro mi ha spaventata la sua voce rauca! Era molto scradevole guardarla. E la frase: ,,vai, vai a casa!": senza ogni rispetto!:(

I love the first singer, she looks so enthusiastic, humble and nice, and although she has been severely criticized, with what sympathy she greets Mirella Freni at the end! The problem is that she tries to sing like Elena Obraztsova, and she is not Obraztsova; specially her chest voice sounds fake and ingolata. Her name is Natalia Zimina and if you search KZfaq you'll find she actually insists on singing the way Mireia Freni criticizes her. If she sang more freely, I think she would sing much better.

I don’t agree with how Freni was trying to get them to direct the sound into the mask. However, she was absolutely correct about trying to get them outside of their throats and to sing more forward. I think the problem is that she doesn’t really know how to actually explain to them how to sing forward. Getting them to hear the wrong sound is important, and she clearly succeeded in doing that. But it would have been more helpful had she been able to talk more technically about what to do with the tongue, the lips, etc., rather than just gesturing at the teeth and hard palate, making a forward gesture, and saying ‘libero.’ Part of the issue perhaps is that she is Italian, and Italian speakers don’t have to adjust the placement of the vowels, whereas the speakers of other languages, especially those that are more backwards in placement (like apparently Russian), must. Another issue might have been that she was so talented, and thus didn’t really have to ‘figure out’ how to sing correctly. Her communication style is too blunt for North American students. But the Russian students here seem to have taken her comments in good stride.

signora Mirella ci mancherà tanto davvero

I think Freni knows what a good technique should sound like. Just doesn't really know how to explain it properly. Mirelli herself actual doesn't place the sound but she is leading the students down the wrong path and then saying, nope that's the wrong path.