Voice Teacher Reacts to Leontyne Price - O patria mia (Featuring Opera Singer Vanessa Vega)

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4 жыл бұрын

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I hope this observation on Leontyne Price singing O patria mia from Verdi's Aida helps you figure out how the voice works better, so you can learn how to make smart choices in your own voice.
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@dominiquepowell-saidykhan2916 4 жыл бұрын

The way Vanessa watched her sing... you can tell when someone is enamored with music and singing. These conversations are so much better because of the love for the art and the craft!!!

@liedersanger1 4 жыл бұрын

This was the high point of Leontyne Price’s farewell performance in opera, as Aida, televised from the Met on January 3, 1985. She was a few weeks short of 58 and had been singing opera for 28 years. That’s a miracle. By 50, many sopranos have lost ease and glow in their upper registers, and for most, whatever their age, the ascent to the high C is a struggle. (The note is marked “dolce,” meaning “sweet” or “soft.”) 18:08 (I think only Zinka Milanov sang it equally beautifully, and perhaps only on her RCA recording, never in live performance, from the tapes I’ve heard.) Leontyne Price sounds as she did 20 years earlier- and with the whole world watching. Although she was retiring from opera, she continued to sing recitals and concerts for another 12 years. She finally ended her professional singing career in 1997, at age 70. Just a few facts I thought worth mentioning!

@colinhoulder3712 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I was just about to ask her age and where she was in her career, because those things inform the quality of her performance.

@stevesincock941 2 жыл бұрын

She is 95 today!

@youthanasia7748 4 жыл бұрын

"yeah, she can sing" -Sam Johnson

@metrorealty7631 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@luminiferous1960 Жыл бұрын

I am fortunate to have attended a recital by Leontyne Price in Richmond, VA in the early 1980s. With no microphone, her voice powerfully filled the entire auditorium with clear, luscious, and beautiful sound while conveying every nuance of emotion in the songs. She performed six encores and received seven well deserved standing ovations! Brava Diva Price!

@_vodkamartini_ 4 жыл бұрын

Leontyne Price is an artist of top caliber. I loved all of her records, and her final Met performance (this video) is a treasure. Thank you for bringing Leontyne and her talents to new audiences ❤️

@axelito6342 4 жыл бұрын

Couple goal

@nicolettejackson2708 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for promoting classical music ❤️

@ryanskelton7888 3 жыл бұрын

I did a presentation on this performance by Ms Price it was the last time she sang at the Met so extremely emotional for her. I loved this reaction video. Brava

@rutilusovis 4 жыл бұрын

We need more Vanessa and more opera!

@bleezeblocks 4 жыл бұрын

so exciting!!!! I'm an opera student and I love your channel, and I'm so glad to see this video!! Non-opera singers often don't understand how different the technique can be, so I'm happy to see you bringing opera to your audience!

@PistachioDean 4 жыл бұрын

Leontyne Price is amazing. Before Leona Lewis went into pop she studied classically and Leontyne was a big inspiration for her :)

@haroldwayne4525 4 жыл бұрын

My voice teacher always said that in opera we never really sing “piano” or think of it in terms of volume, it should be thought of as more of a stylistic choice or a flavoring and I think Leontyne illustrates that concept perfectly

@laurenazalea 4 жыл бұрын

I love watching Sam’s collaborations......it is fun to hear 2 professionals “talk shop”.....also loved Vanessa referencing my favorite musical, Evita!

@katherinemorelle7115 4 жыл бұрын

I love Evita! I remember the first time I watched the 90s movie version, being so amazed that Madonna could actually sing that well. It’s also the only time she’s ever acted well in a movie, 😂 But there’s just so much to the musical, it has some of the most moving songs, and if I’m not singing along, I’m crying. I think I need to watch it again soon!

@brookeggleston9314 4 жыл бұрын

@@katherinemorelle7115 The stage version is *so* much better than the movie!!

@jessicasopranonotes 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, legendary Leontyne Price ♥️. Lovely reaction! Just did a reaction (mostly fangirling) on this exact performance about a week ago. Easily my top 5 favorite sopranos. Small KZfaqr here who just so happens to sing opera =)

@pibly7784 4 жыл бұрын

What an awesome name: Leontyne.

@lanelamour9306 3 жыл бұрын

Means feminine version of Lion, or Lioness.

@chelsie4203 4 жыл бұрын

Yasss the one I’ve been waiting for. I’m a dramatic soprano opera singer and I’ve been waiting for a vocal coach to react to a opera singer!! LEONTYN PRICE, JESSYE NORMAN AND BIRGIT NILLSON ARE MY FREAKING ROLEMODELS! They’re who I’m told to listen as I will sound like them when I’m older 😍😍😍😍💖💖💖

@droxina 4 жыл бұрын

Omg, so yes, definitely listen to them, then try to forget them. It’s so important to develop your own instrument, and listening to others can lead us into the vocal ‘sin’ of attempting to imitate rather than create. In twenty years, yes, listen to them side by side with your own recordings, and marvel at how right those people were. But please exercise caution now. Having to strip back and retool your voice because of well-intended advice that was actually disastrous is the most disheartening experience. And please, please for the love of all else, especially yourself, stop listening to anyone who tells you you have a ‘big’ voice. This is all just so much unsolicited advice from a stranger on KZfaq, but I wish you the best. And don’t aim to sound like these women - aim to sound like you. If yt exists in 20 years, come back and tell me how amazingly successful you’ve been - I’ll be here 😊

@Ash_9 4 жыл бұрын

Jessye Norman is the next one they should react to! May she rest in peace.

@lougomes2912 3 жыл бұрын

Lyontine is a very special spinto with both a very nice high extension and ease in mezzos' tessitura. I highly doubt anyone can sound like her. She was close to being an assoluta, but the colours of her voice are not as changeable as Callas' were, hence never being classed in that category.

@chelsie4203 3 жыл бұрын

Hey @droxina Thankyou for that comment honestly means a lot to me ☺️ I’m young and I know I have 20years till I’m even considered a proper opera singer because learning the operas the languages the arias the way of life takes time and the voice needs to matture with age ☺️☺️☺️. I have got a big instrument and so far atm I’m just learning to develop how to control it so that every aria isn’t a LOUD aria but has dynamics and legato line through out phrasing’s ☺️. I 100% take your advice on board and I really do promise I don’t ever try to sound like anyone else but myself because I am told I have a unique voice and I like it ☺️☺️☺️!! I truly believe God blessed me with this voice and then blessed me with the people who could get it out of me. I’ve only been singing opera for 4 years but I feel stronger everyday ☺️ I just hope one day I can touch people’s souls just like Jessye and Leontyn. Because they really are the best for performance and passion in my opinion ☺️ I don’t try to sound like them but I always try to give a performance that touches peoples hearts ☺️ and for the other two replies Thankyou for what you’re have said I also believe no one can ever sound like Leontyn or Jessye one of a kind but they have the same range and depth of voice as I’m told I’ll have but.. I never try to sing like them because that’s using a fake voice and I’m anything but fake when I sing it’s all real and from the heart. Thankyou again for the comments 😘 💖

@lougomes2912 3 жыл бұрын

@@chelsie4203 I wholeheaetedly wish you all the best. You mentioned you had a similar range to that of Lyontine. Can you reach those epic E6s? Good luck in your path.

@oceans80 4 жыл бұрын

I believe this was Leontyne"s last performance of Aida at the Met - just incredible. There's a vid on KZfaq of her singing O Patria Mia when she was quite young in 1963, fun to compare her two performances at the beginning and end of her career.

@brookeggleston9314 4 жыл бұрын

Miss Tyne sounded better at her final performance than most singers at their debut!!

@karlmortoniv2951 4 жыл бұрын

Play the endless thunderous applause at the end of this. She still had an hour of opera left to do after that. As a non singer that's hard for me to contemplate.

@annahill99 4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa is very good at commentating on 15 year old tv shows AND opera. Thank you Vanessa more Vanessa please

@c.j.williams3948 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbs down for what????? They must not know who Leontyne Price is 🙄 people upset me she’s a vocal legend and beast!

@Zaeylo 4 жыл бұрын

At first I thought Sam just kept talking over Vanessa as she tried to speak then I was like oh shes just quietly emulating what their talking about as they go.

@SharronMcLeodMusic 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up listening to Leontyne and others growing up. Singing is singing and what genre one chooses to sing is something else entirely. Thank you for including this awesome master of singer and for your inclusion of different technicians. Very helpful too

@fayestardust 4 жыл бұрын

This was lovely. And I feel your comments about experiencing classical music live, in the room, so much. I feel fortunate that my mother raised me with a lot of classical music in the house, and I thankfully never tired of it. Experiencing it in concert is magical. I'm always applauding so hard in my head.

@c.j.williams3948 4 жыл бұрын

I needed this Leontyne Price mastered her craft❤️

@LyndseyMacPherson 4 жыл бұрын

OMG, you two are adorable! Vanessa should join you for reactions more often. So many goosebumps, listening to Price, and I learned so much!

@TheSwauzz 4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa is passionate just like you and it's beautiful to see.

@KayEeEss 4 жыл бұрын

This was so funnnn! Vanessa not even reacting to Sam's vampire joke 🤣

@mariezenaida 4 жыл бұрын

OMG OMG OMG, an opera video!!! Leontyne the queen!!! Do more of these with Vanessa, pretty please?

@mariezenaida 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, please do one on Pavarotti.

@imcodyjacob 4 жыл бұрын

How can two people be so well trained, well spoken, and kind???????????

@imcodyjacob 4 жыл бұрын

“By trying to BE heard over the orchestra, you WILL perish.”

@faureamour 4 жыл бұрын

I love this! Studied classical voice and thoroughly enjoy watching you dissect pop music, but it's been so long since I've dissected a master opera singer. Leontyne is fabulous! Also, I'm not familiar with modern opera techniques, so I can't speak to whether anyone has used a vocal fry onset in performance. My voice teacher would sometimes have me to "creaky voice" as a warm up to get my chords trained in closing. Feels light, easy and doable in the beginning of warm ups.

@alphaandliarize 4 жыл бұрын

They probably spend so much time together that the way they speak are almost identical.

@illih3680 4 жыл бұрын

Could you do a Video about your favourite Opera singers? Or analyse the Most popular ones (Like Pavarotti, Kaufmann, Netrebko etc) or the Legends (like Callas, Corelli ). That would be so interesting because Nobody really does These kinda Videos about Opera

@chrismartinez144 4 жыл бұрын

Whoa would need more of this I would love to even hear her opinions on pop stuff

@karlmortoniv2951 4 жыл бұрын

Someone else said this below, but I'll say again how nice it was seeing a technical analysis of an opera singer's performance. More please.

@bimmerboy87 4 жыл бұрын

Please do more opera reaction videos!

@johnmoore2489 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact - She is Whitney Houston’s cousin :)

@catherineofaragon1343 3 жыл бұрын

Really? Omg I just looked this up!!! Yas queens!

@johnmoore2489 3 жыл бұрын

Catalina Of Aragon Whitney came from a very talented family !

@catherineofaragon1343 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmoore2489 ikr

@2029killtime 3 жыл бұрын

Also Mariah Carey’s mother and her had the same opera vocal mentor

@lissandrafreljord7913 3 жыл бұрын

@@2029killtime Mariah mentioned meeting Leontyne Price in Oprah's Legend Ball in 2005, and said how that was one of her most memorable experience in her entire life. Leontyne even wrote a letter to Mimi.

@stephanyarbelaez8835 4 жыл бұрын

More of this content please!!!! I love this ❤

@virginiabonzi7288 4 жыл бұрын

As an italian, a reaction to "O patria mia" made by an opera singer called "Vanessa Vega", I feel so proud of my country hahahahaha

@pinkvoid5009 4 жыл бұрын

Y’all have such a positive energy I love it ❤️

@nicolawylie3447 4 жыл бұрын

Love this💜💚, u2 together are a lovely couple and u know ur stuff for sure!!

@elizabethlnu2775 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are so good together! Sam Johnson, I very much appreciate your knowledge and the way you don't malign anyone. You are a class act.

@hilaryoncesaid 4 жыл бұрын

Yay Vanessa! Yay opera! I love it when someone does something good and Sam just starts laughing.

@cellophanpapier 4 жыл бұрын

Yay, love it! Lately started listening to opera and would love more videos and insights!

@droxina 4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa’s face when Sam asked if vocal fry is used as an onset in opera is everything I didn’t know I needed this year 😂😂😂 But seriously, get that woman her own KZfaq channel - and please tell us where we can hear her sing.

@bethjarrett2353 4 жыл бұрын

I love the mix of reactions on your channel, from opera to pop and showing how and why each sounds different (even similar?!) I enjoyed seeing opera on this one 🖤

@tylerhackner9731 4 жыл бұрын

Love this collab! ❤️❤️

@vanessamae1877 4 жыл бұрын

It obvious that both of you are incredibly passionate about what you do. Loved this!

@carolcarol3938 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely to see you both so immersed in something so wonderful....no words needed; your faces say it all

@HJKelley47 Жыл бұрын

Mary Violet Leontyne Price ( born February 10, 1927) is an American spinto soprano who was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was the first African American to be a leading performer. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala; at La Scala, she was also the first African American to sing a leading role. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Verdi's Aida.

@natlisan 4 жыл бұрын

This really is a beautiful rendition!! Montserrat Caballé also does a stunning version too.

@sashawest1418 4 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this!! I am classical so this makes me so happy! I am a dramatic coloratura soprano!!!

@skepsisnowhere 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this, you two seem so in sync with each other ^^ Just something I've noticed being italian: "mai più" means "never again", so yeah, she's not emphasizing that the county is hers, but it's still very powerful in its meaning and yes, you can tell by the way she sings it

@donnies4693 3 жыл бұрын

This was Beautiful 🤩 🤩🥲.. thank you.

@teresajurado3802 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video as usual! Vanessa has a lovely voice!!!!

@nadiariggs5110 4 жыл бұрын

You two are precious! 💕and yay, opera!!

@IamDeRocka 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Amazing 👏🏾👏🏾

@anbar 4 жыл бұрын

This video is really fun

@drbnewberry 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

@delmajohnson4170 4 жыл бұрын

Best onset demo ever.

@fst2822 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure you even look at recent comments on older videos, but let me just say... I wish you'd react and comment more to opera singers. Great video! Thank you :)

@missheniki 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this video! As an opera fan, I really appreciate you and Vanessa promoting a classical musical/theatre art. Could you analyse Natalie Dessay’s recording of Giulio Cesare’s “Se pietà”? There’s a great live studio recording on KZfaq.

@plooh5316 4 жыл бұрын

Must have been very emotional for Ms. Price knowing that she would never again sing this aria.

@dirkworld 4 жыл бұрын

Oh goodie he's doing opera!!!! Please do Montserrat Caballe's "Casta Diva", It is absolutely astonishing

@green7apocalyptica 4 жыл бұрын

More opera please🤩🤩😍

@junehiott4831 4 жыл бұрын

Dimples for days❤️❤️❤️ LOVE this collaboration. Good choice, Sam!!! Vanessa is so knowledgeable and kind sounding just like you. Her face shows her love for music too... Would love to hear Vanessa’s voice. Of course, I’m always hoping for Sam to break out in song🙃 Really enjoyed the music too.

@Melodic_Soul_87 4 жыл бұрын

Second comment (sorry!) Please🙏 do more opera and theatrical performances, I loved this! I love the 2 of you doing this video together, please have her on again!

@holobenthic 4 жыл бұрын

I know there's not a lot as far as videos but please please do Callas :D maybe her Una voce poco fa, or her Col sorriso d'innocenza/O sole which both have live videos (late in her career but still nothing short of purely divine). Again with Vanessa, she's amazing!!!!

@saraa1741 4 жыл бұрын

Awww we love Vanessa on the channel, she needs to come on more often ♥️ I see Sam likes that Latin spice 😜 what can I say, we are pretty dope!

@jordankirk5012 3 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD I just clicked on this video and I’m just so surprised you’re a Texas State grad student! I’ll be a returning classical vocal performance student in Fall 2021, and my boyfriend will be a grad student for trumpet performance and pedagogy! We’re both former TxSt students! What a small world! I literally JUST spoke to prof Ulen and Dr Brinckmeyer yesterday. We’ll be auditioning for our programs this fall. Good luck with your grad program! Hope to see you at school!

@scarletcoe2214 4 жыл бұрын

PLEASE REACT TO HAMILTON VOCALISTS LIKE PHILLIPA, LESLIE ODOM JR, RENÉE ETC (Since it released on Disney+ I wanna know what you think!!) :)))

@schneevongestern9898 3 жыл бұрын

I would be highly interested in seeing you talk about and analising other supreme classical voices like Joan Sutherland, Renee Fleming or June Anderson. I enjoyed this video very much and I have been fond of your videos and the way you make them for a while now. It is obvious that you have great knowledge about the voice and vocal production.

@Soulofcalm 4 жыл бұрын

Love this! You guys are too cute!

@AnhTranVu2406 4 жыл бұрын

Please react to In questa reggia of Birgit Nilsson ! A truly dramatic voice !

@rebeccapatton5414 3 жыл бұрын

I learned so much watching this and agree it’s cool to listen to the pros “talk shop”. 👍🏻

@liliaakatsuki8829 4 жыл бұрын

Both of you are so beautiful and interesting people!! More Vanessa on this channel please! :)

@katherinemorelle7115 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are adorable. And of course Sam’s girlfriend is just as intelligent as lively as Sam- it’s so nice to see when two intelligent, charming and lovely people get together. Also I find opera voice to be fascinating. It’s just so different, more another instrument than just a voice. I did classical training, but only a tiny bit of opera, and it doesn’t work for me personally, but I still find it incredible what they can do. And I do think that all voice students could benefit from a bit of opera training, learning how to use the voice as an instrument, how to project your voice, how to get some really strong vibrato going. Even if the style isn’t for you, I think it would benefit people to learn some techniques anyway. To me, it just feels like a very grounded base from which to work. Very supported, if that makes any sense. And from there, you can do what you like.

@katherinemorelle7115 4 жыл бұрын

Also, Leontyne’s cheekbones are everything! Oh my gosh!

@sage4nowty129 3 жыл бұрын

Hello. This was Leontyne Price's farewell performance at the Met, so this may account for the emotion in her singing.

@Rebecca78239 4 жыл бұрын

Couple GOALS

@stefanwild326 4 жыл бұрын

excellent - thank you :)

@brynnl5559 4 жыл бұрын

Come through #operagang (representing #spintogang over here)!

@chrismartinez144 4 жыл бұрын

and Sam hearted your comment… I wonder if he considers himself part of spinto gang lol!

@skylcharybchristine7821 4 жыл бұрын

I love your comment about listening to opera at the opera. I do agree with you. The feeling you get from an opera performance is so different from listening to it on a record player, and a different experience from going to a pop or rock concert. I love it all. live performances isthe best experience.

@droxina 4 жыл бұрын

As an opera singer, I can tell you that performing for an audience in a theatre is also a unique feeling. The emotional connection is so vivid and amazing. I hope we can start performing for people in theatres again soon.

@fst2822 2 жыл бұрын

I'm German, but my family would spend summers in Italy. My dad took me to my first opera (Rigoletto) when I was seven years old at the Arena di Verona. I fell in love right away - not just classical music (which I'd been listening to at home constantly anyway) but the whole atmosphere at the opera (and the arena is extra special of course). I go as often as I can afford now (which is often, since I live in Vienna and standing place costs 5€ at the Vienna State Opera.)

@jdjohnson7299 4 жыл бұрын

Legend. Just legend

@sour37 4 жыл бұрын

Live music - what ever kind - is such a physical experience that recordings can’t really compete. There’s a harmonic quality that comes from standing waves in the room that you can FEEL the music in your body. A full symphony orchestra is a stunning thing experience in the flesh. As is a loud rock band.

@WendyBirch 4 жыл бұрын

First? You two are adorable and I would LOVE to just sit in a room and listen to you talk music. Oh wait! KZfaq. Keep her visiting? :D Also, can you review the band Broods? Georgia has the neatest voice, when she's singing hard she still has a soft voice.

@astijusspro6259 4 жыл бұрын

Can you analyse twenty one pilots (tyler joseph) best live vokals?

@buzzkillroza499 4 жыл бұрын

I love your hair growing back 😉 your girlfriend is beautiful and very talented. ☺ btw I've never seen Aida the musical but I saw an opera multiple times. Verdi is probably my favourite opera composer. 😊

@albireadingromance 3 жыл бұрын

I am an Opera Singer. Great video

@tammymccaslin4787 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips for making high notes sound better when you don’t physically have a lot of mouth space to work with?

@williedavis3339 3 жыл бұрын

According to Google Leontyce is 1st cousin to Cissy Houston; the mother of Whitney Houston. Wow genetics are incredible....

@laurenalicesinging 3 жыл бұрын

I miss the live theater days. I remember seeing Madame Butterfly and Renee Fleming live and there is just nothing like it 😭❤️

@breezedampsy7694 4 жыл бұрын

I really want you to do a video on Rhiannon Giddens singing "waterboy" at the American Musical Festivsl 2015. She has such an amazing voice and I'd love to hear you talk about her techniques because to me she sounds so versatile and controlled.

@opalfishsparklequasar8663 3 жыл бұрын

Price & Freni are my goddesses.

@marcusmagus 4 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAAA GOALSSSS

@susanvega5080 4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa, when you are watching, it looks like you might cry! Good job!

@dontstopthebeet 4 жыл бұрын

Hey I thought we were going to watch it together, mom! :) More Vanessa Vega content, Sam! ;)

@susanvega5080 4 жыл бұрын

@@dontstopthebeet Sorry Elaine! We can still do it! I just told dad that I jumped the gun and he said I was kind of naughty

@M00nSlippers 3 жыл бұрын

So clearly Leontyne Price was the inspiration for Nana from the animated Sing movie.

@cannedtomato_9315 4 жыл бұрын

You should react to Maria by Hwasa and the song (by the original artist Molly Sanden) Husavik - My Hometown from Eurovision Song Contest The Story of Fire Saga.

@dpupke1 4 жыл бұрын

Your girlfriend is very pretty :)

@sparklescooterqueen9173 4 жыл бұрын

Do Queen of the Nights aria next!!!

@KevvyBoyy 4 жыл бұрын

So lovely to watch you both react to Leontyne's last ever performance at the Met. The ovation she received at the end was legendary. I would love to watch you both react to the late Montserrat Caballe - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ha95d9Gg3bfWZ2g.html

@sean_mccadden 4 жыл бұрын

You two are an adorable couple!

@LilGrimm 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this! Have you ever listened to Dan Vasc? I'd love to know your thoughts on his voice and his covers. I'm particularly fond of The Witcher covers he's done.