Thanks, dear Jeffrey!

If memory serves me right Dame Kiri Te Kanawa met her in Wales also and got her interviews for Guildhall and the Royal college of music. If I am right Julia became Dame Kiri's protégé!!

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Yes! I always loved that too

@@Baker17779 no. The stage is mic'd when the venue is outside but other than that microphones are usually not being used. The concert venues are built to carry sound to everyone in the audience and opera singers know how to sing with as many overtones as possible so the frequencies carry better. I'm a studied classical singer and used to work in many concert venues (some of the biggest in Europe) when I was still a student.

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee yes but to record not to amplify her singing.

I once had the otherworldly luck to hear Jessye Norman sing the "Four last songs" with Celibidache in Munich. She sang over an orchestra of 120 instruments easily - at one point 14 seconds with one breath! (You can proof it for yourself on the record she made with Kurt Masur.)

​@@Simplenotion How much ignorance there is regarding Opera singers, the acoustics of theaters and recording methods in rooms.

You are 100 percent correct! I’m an opera singer, and I was thinking the same thing when she said this. The diaphragm is a largely involuntary muscle. You can’t control the actual muscle itself, but you can control the muscles connected to it, which lets us exert a level control over how we breathe. When an opera singer breathes, the ribs expand and the abdominal muscles move out. These muscles (the internal and external intercostals in the ribs, and the abdominal muscles, all of which are connected to the diaphragm) work against each other in an antagonistic relationship to help the singer keep the ribs expanded for as long as possible. It slows the ascent of the diaphragm as the singer exhales so they can maintain a longer breath. Maintaining this even flow of breath decreases pressure on the muscles that control the vocal folds when we sing, which allows the folds to vibrate freely when air flows across them. This is how vibrato happens. It is a natural phenomenon that occurs when the voice is functioning freely. It’s not a forced pulsing of the diaphragm or abdominal muscles, which is what she seemed to be describing.

@@shainasanders7108 Thank you for this thorough explanation. I am an amateur singer, learning opera, and am struggling to not interfere with natural vibrato, and to not collapse the chest. Your description is very helpful. Teachers often use metaphors like "imagine your voice is resting on a pillow of air...". That makes little sense to me. I prefer this technical explanation.

@@ciasa9488 Absolutely! It can definitely feel like you're resting on a pillow of air, but in order to get to that place, the proper muscle coordination needs to be happening. I feel like teachers all have a slightly different concept when it comes to breath too. It can definitely vary depending on the repertoire they typically sing and what school of technique they come from. What I described was more of an Italianate "appoggio" type technique which involves the expansion of the ribs more. This is what works best for me as a spinto that sings mostly Verdi/ Puccini. The German/ Wagnerian technique tends to put more resistance against the abdominal muscles. A lot also depends on your individual body and what works best for you. Richard Miller's "National Schools of Singing" is a super interesting read, and talks a lot about the differences between different techniques that originated in various countries.

You can ask this classical singer to singe some metal a full concert and we'll se how she will be doing, probably ruin her voice in a minute, lol.

@@yogajedi3337 there’s more to singing that just singing loud 🤷‍♂️

@@stewart335 You got it upside down. In metal, pop and most other genres singers are amplified, how else can they be heard, you don't need to be loud. It is in opera-classical singing you have to be loud, for real.

@@yogajedi3337 i was more referring to the exaggerated style in how metal singers sing. It can be very taxing on the voice. I know opera singers don’t use amplification. I write opera, I’ve studied opera. I will always value opera singers more. You can’t just wake up one day and do what they do

@@stewart335 Trained opera singers are trained into shout as loud as possible with a solid voice so they can endure bursting out loud a couple of hours performances a couple of times a week for an entire season. It's more of a physical event than being a talented singer, If you are not born with a DNA sturdy big voice you only will waste your time training. When you even can't sing ordinary pop-contemporary music well you ALWAYS, if you have the big voice, can aspire for a career in opera. It's not a coincidence the worst singers, any genre, you'll find on the opera stages,. Almost none of them would pass first round even in the cheapest talent show, lol.

Thanks, dear Larisa!

Да! А эта ария вершина её мастерства! Она здесь просто летит, вдохновлённая музыкой и собственным голосом. Юлечка, спасибо!

singing is her chosen life: lucky we who can enjoy her music

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People don't understand how to properly wear a traditional corset and not enough people know how to tie the back right so they go too tight or too loose. Its definitely a skill to use one properly.

Настолько не знала, что даже фамилию ее нормально произнести не смогла. Но, ничтоже сумнящеся, делает разбор ее пения. Так самоуверенно!

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I love Dimash!

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Same here

Hmm… I’m only wearing the right earbud and I have audio, so…

Sorry guys! Fixed it for next time 🎉

Да, мне тоже очень нравится её исполнение этой арии!

Awe thanks!

Yes, i am really impressed by your beautiful voice agility too !

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Thank u Neal. I appreciate that!

Ni mi co de pece...

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or in other words - that’s the „Streif“ in ski racing and she is the golden Olympionic 😂

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