I fully grasp Fleming´s ideas and think she has a wonderful approach. Serious but at the same time easing the tension. Excellent

I LOVE Renee's no-nonsense approach. Fantastic teacher.

great singer this last girl!stunning performance! Bravo!

Bravísimas todas!

Fantastic teacher, great singer!

I like the way Fleming kindly implied that the 2nd soprano was coming off as a nut-case and her high notes were strident and off-tune.

That last singer blows me away. Those runs are excellent and she only got better with the notes she received.

Good 👍♥

I like that Renée lets each singer sing their aria straight through before charging in to comment, criticise, suggest.

Seremos breves.

Where's at her. I want to lessen vocal coach

1:15 enjoying evaluation so much, praise of English.

I wonder what would Mrs. Fleeming, Monse Marti, Elina Garanca, Anna Netrebko, Aprile Milo be in concert all together...

En esta época es inadmisible no dominar el inglés, la chica que cantó Ach Ich fühl's desaprovechó bastante la masterclass por las limitaciones del idioma. The girl who sang Pamina was very lost because of the language barriers. Such a pity. Spanish are notorious for their nationalism but not learning English is inadmissible, it is a universal language that can open doors to students internationally. It should be a must in a serious institution.

sonic arms race extraordinary

First singer at 6:16

15:55

1:26:00

That third girl doesn't get it. Act, Honey! Act!

Schitterend.

the first girl destroyed that beautiful aria with the awful wobbling vibrato, too much breath pressure

I'm watching this awesome master class and so far what i feel is that those singers need to improve their English. If they want to make a carrier they will need to be able to speak and understand English well.

I also have to tell some commentators on this post that while it is true that in Spain the level of languages is terrible, I also have to tell them that the majority of operas are in Italian, a language more similar to Spanish. It can be seen that you have not heard Joan Sutherland, among other English speakers, sing the stupendous song that his diction in Italian, French, German or Spanish was fatal. También tengo que decir a algunos comentaristas de este post, que si bien es cierto que en España el nivel de idiomas es pésimo, también decirles que la mayoría de óperas son en italiano, idioma más semejante al castellano. Se ve que no habéis escuchado cantar a la stupenda Joan Sutherland, entre otros angloparlantes, que su dicción en italiano, francés, alemán o español era fatal.

The too high air pressure comes from the native language Spanish ...

They're all so nasal!

Me parece una falta de respeto que vayan a la Escuela Superior de Canto, o a cualquier conservatorio superior de España, profesores a dar conferencias o clases magistrales en un idioma que no sea el nacional, cuando la mayoría de alumnos y profesores de centros superiores de música de las comunidades autónomas con dos idiomas oficiales, se quejan de que se pueda dar las clases en el otro idioma que no es el castellano. La que se hubiera armado si la ponente en cuestión hubiera hablado en catalán o en euskera!!!

Why does all the participants sing nasal and why are all notes above the middle so incredibly shrill and pushed. And why do they have super-wide slow vibratos at the top? You can barely understand what note they mean to sing? Who are the vocal teachers who allow their students to sound like this. And no, it's not about their voices having to mature. Their technique is just off. Nothing can mature from these sounds! And, of course, Fleming, being nasal herself, can do nothing about it. I don't even think she hears it.

How to sing nasal, woofy, constricted and throaty! Basically how NOT to sing.

un horror , semejante pesima calidad de cantantes, principiantes y sin voz , exactamente como sus desconocidos maestros , sin talento , sin carreras y sin nombres, pero de gran linaje y parentesco , que verguenza para una escuela superior ; presentar semejantes alumnos incapaces, sin colocacion , sin idiomas , sin saber lo que cantan , despilfarro de una primera Diva como Fleeming que tiene tanto para enseñar