Mezzo-Soprano Vivica Genaux Shares Her Secrets to Singing Coloratura

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • Have you ever wondered how opera singers are able to sing so many notes so easily? Mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux is known for her incredible ability to sing coloratura, or highly ornamented vocal lines. While every singer is different and may require different solutions to help them achieve their goals, here are some solutions to singing that Genaux has found in her own journey as an artist.

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  • @yourvoicecoach-nancywalker6061
    @yourvoicecoach-nancywalker6061 4 года назад +57

    Fantastic, her heartfelt description of the process is inspiring for all singers regardless of style.

  • @Zamstein
    @Zamstein 4 года назад +5

    You can be creative without destructive vocal habits.

    • @LaDivinaLover
      @LaDivinaLover 3 года назад

      Except they clearly aren’t destructive... She’s been singing for literal decades. (Probably longer than you’ve been alive) She still has all the flexibility she had 20 years ago along with the range and “quality of tone” shes always had. Don’t open your mouth if your “point” isn’t based in tangible reality. We get it, you’re a hater that’s gonna hate. But you’re a nobody with no achievements and while you’re pop cover singin ass sitting in your pjs picking apart an artist, she’s a major performer of the baroque on every operatic stage from San Francisco to La Scala. Get wrecked hoe.

    • @Zamstein
      @Zamstein 3 года назад +1

      @@LaDivinaLover imagine not being able to deal with your own emotions to the point of needing to violently project them onto others. I didn’t even criticize her singing, Jesus Christ. And I never said I was a better singer than anyone else either so for you to come to my channel and harass me because I triggered you is the definition of juvenile. That’s why I hate delusional opera fans that can’t accept their favorites aren’t always perfect. If you think you can sing better than me I look forward to your videos. I’m sure you won’t be using your jaw as a resonator or breath support.

    • @Zamstein
      @Zamstein 3 года назад

      @@LaDivinaLover they clearly are destructive since they aren’t as good as this ruclips.net/video/0POo5S1baf8/видео.html

    • @randakelley511
      @randakelley511 3 года назад

      You just called this person a nobody? I couldn't even comprehend anything else you said because you were just so unnecessarily mean. Really?

    • @blonda.bacoviana
      @blonda.bacoviana 2 года назад

      @@LaDivinaLover You can also have my opinion. This coloratura she does is not destructive for the vocal instrument. It is distructive for the opera art.

  • @northshores7319
    @northshores7319 5 лет назад +16

    My piano teacher told me that only perfect practice makes you better. So if you have to go slow then go slow until you can go faster. Nice video and insights.

  • @michaelmiller1215
    @michaelmiller1215 2 года назад +11

    Your voice is beyond amazing! Unbelievable execution of the most difficult coloratura repertoire in the literature!

  • @thethird1967
    @thethird1967 2 года назад +8

    She has a lovely voice even when speaking.

    • @matthiascheah3519
      @matthiascheah3519 Год назад +1

      One of my teachers told me: If you have a good speaking voice, half of my job is already done.

  • @modman4842
    @modman4842 4 года назад +7

    That’s my ant

  • @mypfpiswhatourphonesees4294
    @mypfpiswhatourphonesees4294 4 года назад +23

    damn i tried doing this now my neighbors are signing up a petition to let me be quarantined somewhere else.

  • @MsLeeDennis
    @MsLeeDennis 5 лет назад +13

    I LOOOOVE what she has to say! HOW GREAT! I"m so glad to have watched this.

  • @savioalves1234
    @savioalves1234 6 лет назад +24

    3:23 is so touching...

    • @로보티니콜라스
      @로보티니콜라스 3 года назад

      You better get rid of your nasality, and your singing will be great

  • @dkl6397
    @dkl6397 2 года назад +2

    If you can sing it slowly... 😊

  • @binak5144
    @binak5144 5 лет назад +11

    The message!!!
    What a genuine person! :)

  • @djperry211
    @djperry211 3 года назад +5

    Her performance of Stabat Mater with Sabina Puertelas is so outstanding. Certainly worth seeking out on YT.

  • @hetedeleambacht6608
    @hetedeleambacht6608 Год назад +2

    personal as her technique may be, her accuracy in rythm and singing every tiny note exactly at pitch is a dazzling achievement that, honestly, most of otherwise excellent singers get more or less right at best, at that speed. And her voice doesnt sound strained at all to me. On top of that she has brilliant hight and astounding power and depth in her lower register. I can only deduct from all that that her singing technique must be really good....but it would be silly to give someone mere merit on his or her singing technique, when the output is fantastic

  • @HadashaGrace
    @HadashaGrace 5 лет назад +8

    If you know what aria this is please comment for me. I've been trying to find it.

    • @WFMTChicago
      @WFMTChicago  5 лет назад +11

      Hi Esther, the aria is from Act II of the Vivaldi opera, Griseldi, and it is called "Agitata da due venti." Hope you enjoyed the video!

  • @turgutderal5488
    @turgutderal5488 3 года назад +4

    barok operaların, klasik dönem operaları gibi söylenmemesi gerektiğini bilen, çok kendine özgü, çok muazzam bir şarkıcı. hayranıyım bu kadının 👌👍💐

  • @MelissaLeao
    @MelissaLeao 6 лет назад +10

    Lovely. Truly inspiring!

  • @rachelgilders130
    @rachelgilders130 3 года назад +4

    Wonderful, I can hear YOUR personality - and what feeling you get from the piece. A lot of singers sound empty and don’t feel it, yet perfectly sung. You singing is full and wonderful.

  • @guidofubini
    @guidofubini 17 дней назад

    the BEST advice categorically! not just for music or arts, even for selecting your math graduate specialization. so long as you are passionate about it.

  • @cletotavarespessoa8804
    @cletotavarespessoa8804 4 года назад +4

    Always wonderful Vivica.

  • @kin-no-choo
    @kin-no-choo 2 года назад +1

    wahahahawawewewawawawewewaaaa... 😒

  • @RigelSunMoon
    @RigelSunMoon 2 года назад +2

    What a great piece of advise! So inspiring! I'm so glad I found her on RUclips! 💕💕💕🎶🎶🎶

  • @tenorschofield
    @tenorschofield 5 лет назад +6

    BRAVISSIMA!!! MAESTRA!!!

  • @elisabetepetit3024
    @elisabetepetit3024 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for sharing. I do really need to learn this kind of things. I do really appreciate. She is awesome

  • @alfredoihldausend4093
    @alfredoihldausend4093 4 года назад +4

    Que mujer más simpática!

  • @hetedeleambacht6608
    @hetedeleambacht6608 Год назад

    Taboo about singing techniques or difficulties with your voice is restricted to the classical world. In all other music genres people talk openly about it. No big deal. Because we are all here to learn from each other, that `s whatt music is, or should be about. It`s not a protected formula for the knowledgable few you have to guard with your life, like the ancient alchemists formula to turn mud into gold. Halas, for those singers who thought a perfect technique is what true musicianship is all about. It `s not. Vivica Genaux has more musicianship in her little toe then you negative commentators have in your whole inflated egos

  • @capezyo
    @capezyo 3 года назад +2

    Vivica, you're Top 10

  • @AntW11
    @AntW11 3 года назад +2

    Wow, impressive, open, sharing with integrity.

  • @hetedeleambacht6608
    @hetedeleambacht6608 Год назад

    You `re just yeallous. I`m too, but I don `t blame her for that.

  • @BernardaBobro
    @BernardaBobro 6 лет назад +19

    Where is appoggio? The whole sound is produced with lipps and jaw. Body?

    • @MU-ey3jt
      @MU-ey3jt 6 лет назад +2

      Mickey Mouse ihre Body funktioniert einfach,weil sie singt damit,man kann nicht es merken.

    • @berzubirze
      @berzubirze 6 лет назад +7

      Dear Mickey! Do the appoggio for your own voice and sing happily ever after!!! ;)

    • @BernardaBobro
      @BernardaBobro 5 лет назад +10

      @@berzubirze She sings with constricted jaw, tongue and ugly nasal sound (beacuse her velum has wrong position). A lot of technical flaws....but if you happy with it, enjoy! She doesn't sing a single OPERA SOUND. Lower larynx with free released air is the condition for opera sound. You can even see, how she is forming fioritura with her lipps. Real opera sound is produced with VOCAL CORDS. And that's what we call supported sound.Firm,solid sound with core. And not just breathy wwwwwwww. But as I said: if you like it, sure, go for it.

    • @sandrinoi6490
      @sandrinoi6490 4 года назад +3

      Thalia Rice She is an amazing artist and you are totally missing the point but who the fuck are you anyways

    • @blonda.bacoviana
      @blonda.bacoviana 2 года назад

      Ah! I've finally found someone who shares my opinion.

  • @franz3810
    @franz3810 2 года назад +1

    oh her talking voice is soooo dreamy

  • @gfrangi5422
    @gfrangi5422 Год назад +1

    Glorious voice, bubbly and uncomplicated personality

  • @SilvioNobre
    @SilvioNobre 2 года назад +2

    She is so wonderful and talented!

  • @ChrisJonesDivo
    @ChrisJonesDivo 3 года назад +1

    It's a shame that the singing is too loud to really hear what she is saying, because what she is saying here is incredibly valuable.

  • @gianerajohn436
    @gianerajohn436 5 лет назад +17

    I love it and admire her all the more after this video.
    It is very rare if not unique that a singer openly and publicly admits about a certain “imperfection” in her technique.
    Her articulation in fioritura is of course not the free floating legato standard of Bel Canto technique, it is certainly more labored and the knowledgeable listener can’t miss that nevertheless it isn’t an imprecise struggle that we hear with Coloratura wannabes who obsess butchering scores they don’t have the instrument for.
    Similar to this case is Deutekom. In my opinion one of the greatest sopranos in history whose overall technique, astonishingly powerful and precise instrument and artistic intelligence far outweighed her peculiar glottal legato in fioritura passages.
    Different case is Bartoli. She is simply too labored and mannered and her gargling kills the whole score for me.

  • @goldsky3591
    @goldsky3591 2 года назад +1

    She is so beautiful and humble. I admire her

  • @grainneconroy2193
    @grainneconroy2193 2 года назад +1

    A very generous artist with a wonderful gift.

  • @IbisSanchezSerrano
    @IbisSanchezSerrano 6 лет назад +3

    I TRULY ADORE HER!!!!

  • @katieveltri5675
    @katieveltri5675 3 года назад +1

    That was interesting, and informative

  • @curtbarnes4294
    @curtbarnes4294 5 лет назад +2

    my love affair continues...

  • @marianperez96
    @marianperez96 3 года назад +2

    This is truly inspiring!!!

  • @BenYebo
    @BenYebo 2 года назад +1

    She's wonderful!

  • @pangpek5645
    @pangpek5645 7 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤ ❤❤

  • @healthyvoicetips
    @healthyvoicetips 6 лет назад +2

    Inspiring story. Love it.

    • @jm2389
      @jm2389 3 года назад

      found you here on one of the videos that inspired me :) Love your work Katarina!

  • @marcopilati7464
    @marcopilati7464 6 лет назад +7

    Wonderful voice, wonderful personality.

  • @zozi517
    @zozi517 5 лет назад +1

    Amazing history! Awesome and tremendous personality.

  • @TimelessMusicaOFFICIAL
    @TimelessMusicaOFFICIAL 3 года назад +1

    perfection ❤❤❤

  • @berzubirze
    @berzubirze 6 лет назад +2

    bravissima!

  • @2000wattz
    @2000wattz 4 года назад +6

    I’m sorry, that lip quiver thing she has going on is nothing but excess jaw tension. Nothing to be celebrated.

  • @ngatihine6072
    @ngatihine6072 Год назад

    Right! Youre the one to follow. Ticking all the boxes.

  • @veronikaschafersopran4990
    @veronikaschafersopran4990 2 года назад

    Great advice! but I could barely listen to her because of the loud „background“ music… :)

  • @SR-jx8yu
    @SR-jx8yu 3 года назад +5

    They coloratura here is just unreal ... so hard!

    • @blonda.bacoviana
      @blonda.bacoviana 2 года назад +2

      It is indeed unreal, because this is not coloratura (the way she sings it). Look up for Galli Curci's Lakme or Tetrazzini or Nellie Melba.

  • @Jarchiporz
    @Jarchiporz 2 года назад

    Except that she is a soprano, and probably coloratura.

  • @joseraulescalonaaguilera5478
    @joseraulescalonaaguilera5478 Год назад

    Hermosa y potente voz, técnica, coloratura; Dios existe

  • @jmvbach
    @jmvbach 6 лет назад +1

    Love you Vivica

  • @fivizzano
    @fivizzano 3 года назад

    down to earth, actually salt of the earth... Magnifica !

  • @stavrosk.2868
    @stavrosk.2868 Год назад

    I'm left speechless. Divine.

  • @marcopilati7464
    @marcopilati7464 2 года назад

    Vivica, non sei solo una artista sublime, ma anche uno straordinario essere umano carico di saggezza e sensibilità. Beato chiunque abbia la possibilità di conoscerti e frequentarti.

  • @agnesiradukunda740
    @agnesiradukunda740 3 года назад

    Woww i like it and i love you mum

  • @jefpalmertexas5032
    @jefpalmertexas5032 Год назад

    I love her....

  • @Giampiero_Cittati
    @Giampiero_Cittati Год назад

    Bravissima Vivica!

  • @MayaSapiro
    @MayaSapiro 4 года назад

    thank you for this!

  • @elizabethpatinomusic
    @elizabethpatinomusic 2 года назад

    😍😍😍👏👏👏

  • @mickebon
    @mickebon 3 года назад

    💜

  • @vyan7258
    @vyan7258 3 года назад

    which song is she singing here?

    • @magicmonkichi
      @magicmonkichi 3 года назад +1

      Agitata da due venti, from La Griselda by Vivaldi

  • @Ignasimp
    @Ignasimp 3 года назад +4

    Terrible technique. She is so nasal and thin. She has no chestvoice.

  • @smurf902
    @smurf902 Год назад +1

    Imagine a violinist or a pianist who plays virtuosic rep but is hunched over or fingers and elbow backwards and contorted to the point where you think they have a disability. And audiences spending hundreds for decades to watch them, then you interview them and they explain it by saying "that's how I enjoy to play, so it's OK." That's basically this.

    • @hetedeleambacht6608
      @hetedeleambacht6608 Год назад

      I dont come for someone to see him or her singing. I come to listnen. My first idols I heard on radio. I used to sit for hours, and push my ears against the speakers to be able to hear everything they were doing with their voice. Many of them I only saw maaaany years later on tv or so. Or found out they turned out to be female, while I thought they were male. Honestly, If my favourite idols were ugly, drooling or purple with green specks, I couldn care less. If it works, it works, and that`s all that matters in music

  • @Liszt31
    @Liszt31 6 лет назад +2

    Dear WFMT, can we have also the whole aria without her speaking? It is a marvellous execution from Vivica and orchestra!

    • @nathaliec.8763
      @nathaliec.8763 5 лет назад +1

      Liszt31 the orchestra is Third Coast Baroque, check them out!

    • @vivaelphaba
      @vivaelphaba 5 лет назад +1

      Just search for it, there are other recordings on RUclips

    • @Liszt31
      @Liszt31 4 года назад

      I know there are other performance of her. I know each of them. Each one is different from the other and this is why I wanted to hear this better. I love her and her speaking.

  • @greenwoods798
    @greenwoods798 3 года назад +3

    I'm not a musician but i really don't understand why she's famous though bad vocal technique. She sounds very strange and her insane jaw's work is not good. Diaphragm must work to create vibrato and to sing thrills but not a jaw. Vivica herself honestly admitted here that she likes to sound "ugly". Good words! But it doesn't means that people want to hear ugly and weak singing from such a famous singer! Her Agitata da due venti is a whole tutorial how you MUSTN'T sing if you want to sound good!..

    • @hetedeleambacht6608
      @hetedeleambacht6608 Год назад

      listnen to her album bro, thats good stuff, dont judge her on this short video

  • @Tico4president
    @Tico4president 5 лет назад +10

    3:23 well, I'm glad that you're having fun but... nooo

    • @sandrinoi6490
      @sandrinoi6490 4 года назад +1

      Tico4president no one cares tico lol go home

    • @Zamstein
      @Zamstein 4 года назад +1

      Truer words have never been spoken. Bravo.

  • @olivier2101
    @olivier2101 5 лет назад +1

    Quelle virtuosité ! Impressionnant...

  • @antiphob
    @antiphob 2 года назад

    beautiful but little bit behind cecilia bartoli version.

  • @draganvidic2039
    @draganvidic2039 3 года назад +3

    Hardly a true mezzo but surely strained, but people seem to like small constricted voices...

    • @Jarchiporz
      @Jarchiporz 2 года назад

      She is a soprano coloratura. No mezzo whatsoever! And you are very right; people seem to like poorly cared voices with awful technique. There you have Netrebko, as an example, completely ingolata. Horrible.

  • @blonda.bacoviana
    @blonda.bacoviana 2 года назад

    This is just far from grace. Why is this promoted?

    • @hetedeleambacht6608
      @hetedeleambacht6608 Год назад

      promoted? Cant you make your own decisions on what sites you visit and which ones you dont? You people here in this comment section are really.........🙄

  • @DiomedesDioscuro
    @DiomedesDioscuro 4 года назад +3

    She's telling her secret to sing ugly! She even says it openly! It might be fun, but it's far from good singing. So a singer telling her secrets not to sing properly... No, thanks.

    • @hetedeleambacht6608
      @hetedeleambacht6608 Год назад

      actually, it `s not that much of a secret. A lot of excellent singers, classical, pop, rock, chanson, all genres you can imagine (but probably you only live in the Protected Habitat of Classical Music) use onortodox and personal singing techniques to acchieve great sound. Mostly a very unique sound, and not necissaryly very pleasing to the ear at first. But a good technique they developed, otherwise you dont have a career. God, when do classical musicians and singers come down from their ivory tower and learn a thing or two from the rest of the world....classical western singing is like...5 percent or so of existing music...a lot of classical singers i listnen to have ONLY technique, but are utterly boring to listnen to. I prefer a flawed or `personalised` technique above a lifeless performance