The Mezzo is beyond wonderful. A rare powerful and beautiful, and balanced voice with rich but not wobbly vibrato. Strong in her low notes, and no strain in her high notes. Wonderful.
She was magnificent! Her voice was so rich, smooth and not forced at all! A delight to hear all of them sing, but an absolute privilege to experience the mezzo!
Romaniya Voloshchuk I was literally thinking “I swear I know that tenor from somewhere” before realizing that I was actually just remembering every single tenor I’ve ever met/heard. Great voice though! lol
yep ..my god they are ALL like that ..they take up the most time with the repertoire . even though YOU ALL pay the same amount..they add in an extra song at recital ..they wink to the audience ..so annoying!
Bassists are the tallest! It is truly the case that if someone is taller then the voice tends to be lower as well. Tenors are the shortest! If you do not agree then please show some tall above 190cm operatic tenors! I can easily show you many basses that are above that height. However it is a big struggle to find tenors who are that height apart from James Valenti who is tall. It is in fact even a common knowledge is Russia that a typical basso profundo vocalist is at least 190cm tall.
Dream TheDream89 not quite true?? Not that I know any very tall operatic tenors, but my dad is like 190 something, and he's a tenor. He doesn't do opera, but he's been in a choir
@@user-ic6sh6sx5m of course there are exceptions with tenors. James Valenti is a tall operatic tenor. Baritones of course can be any height but on average i think that even baritones would be taller than tenors. It is very easy to name several tall above 190cm operatic basses but very difficult to do so with tenors. In Russia it is even a common knowledge that a true basso profundo singer is typically at least 190cm tall. If you go to any opera house and take a picture of all of their performs standing side by side on an even ground you will see that basses are the tallest and tenors are the shortest.
@@dreamthedream8929 well... since you said 'if you dont agree ' I just wanted to put that in. There quite a few tall tenors at our church though. Maybe thats different to singing opera? But in general I guess youre right, and that do make sense.
Hi! I'm the soprano! I was definitely putting on a bit of an act for laughs; I hope there isn't TOO much of a stereotype about us soprani! :) Thanks for watching!
Jacquelyn Stucker I really love your voice, it sounds so metallic, this role really suits you!!! I'm on the 3rd year of classical singing lessons, I'm also a soprano and I hope that some day I'll sing this role like you!! Brava!!! greetings from Greece 😉
they are recognized, but since their voice fully Developes later than the average mezzo/soprano and they are way more rare in general, most of the times the contralto part is played by a mezzo with excellent low notes
People always praise sopranos for reaching the high notes most cannot reach, but people, let us praise basses as well. Just like sopranos, they can get to notes most people cannot get to. There is a bass in my school choir that is just amazing. It always amazes me whenever I hear him sing solo (which is usually during our practice). Basses' voices are as enchanting as soprano voices. EDIT: Holy shit, when'd this get 900 likes?!
Yes yes yes yes and yes!! Our basses never get enough recognition like our sopranos (to be fair us Sopranos dont get as much attention in my school choir either but it still sadly more than our basses)
@@acallaghan4964 could you mind explaining this a little more? i would think that since a mezzo has the solid middle range, that it would be the most common. i ask because im a mezzo and i’ve been struggling to accept that since my school is filled with celebrated sopranos😅
The Geek Monster naturally because many of the people commenting among social media platforms have no exact and correct idea of the things they are commenting about. From "having" perfect pitches to claiming they "have" this vocal range but when you ask them live they can't do it. It's hard to give the benefit of the doubt because you will know if some things are just a bunch of "false claims" which people love to do on social media.
The bass has to be my favorite! Such a shame they didn't have a contralto, I would have loved to hear a contralto aria snippet! I've only ever heard a handful of contralto singers, they really impress me
This is kind of a video for beginners who are new to the classical music and voice scene and talking about things like Coloraturas would have been a little confusing.
Jackie Composes, Have An Ice Day. This was a demonstration of the same voice types found everywhere in vocal music displaying classical technique. That's less "beginner's guide to opera" more "so you've never listened to any music ever".
How do people sing like this? They make it seem so effortless like how do actual human beings produce sound this good? I'm a violinist so this is far beyond me, but props to all classically trained vocalists out there, I could never do what any of you do.
I am a classically trained violinist and lyric soprano and it’s exactly like the violin: practice, practice, practice. This didn’t happen by accident. Oh and did I mention practice? 😉
Hands down the mezzo was outstanding. She had complete control over the singing muscles in her body. So she didn't have jerky movements or any tension in her neck, jaw, or tongue. She was also the only one who knew you don't need to have your mouth open wide all the time as her voice was placed properly to be big and beautiful using her resonance.
how open your mouth is has no affect on your singing. Also, i would like to see that mezzo sing the notes the soprano was singing without opening her mouth wider, its high;y advantageous to open your mouth wider when singing higher, just like it makes sense for it to be more closed when singing lower as it allows for better resonance. Secondly, there is no "proper" placement, some songs require different placements, but all are equally right, it might not be right for the song, but im assuming your not the composer or the director of the songs/singers
hi, soprano here.I suppose you were referring specifically to the wide mouth posture on mainly the highest note the soprano sang.From personal experience I can tell you that opening your mouth quite wide in a big Ah position of sorts helps place that note right where it should be, further back in the mouth, and basically gets all the other usually important factors (tip and sides of the tongue) freed up to get out of the way. I'm not an expert, but from what I can tell from especially high notes is that all they care about is the very back of the tongue and other factors in the throat. But I do agree that the mezzo found the sweetspot, resonating beautifully and causing her projection to be spectacular
Do you sing? Do you teach singing? I doubt it, even a beginner student as myself knows this shit: how much you open your mouth has nothing to do with making the voice "big and beautiful", you either use your chest or head for resonance and you need proper breathing and support, so you can basically sing with your mouth shut and sound "big and beautiful" in fact, most singers when warming up. It's an exercise. It doesn't matter if your voice is correctly placed (for the song you're about to sing) if you're trying to reach high notes properly you WILL need to open your mouth.
@@oliviabodily4183 I thought you just said "how open your mouth is has no affect on your singing." You then went on the describe how the openness of the mouth would be necessary for certain types of singing. I'm confused which one it is you believe.
@@helenasouza9196 opening the mouth with a relaxed an open jaw accomodates a lower larynx position and chest voice. And you don't use your chest for resonance, you feel sympathetic resonance in the chest, but where it really resonates in is the head, even for the lowest notes.
@@MooMooCow95 I love the Contralto! Especially Delphine Galou! I'm primarily a Lyric Tenor but I can sing Baritone, Tenor, and Countertenor (I have a 3 octave range) And because Countertenors are male Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto Voices I'm kinda partially a male Contralto (I sing from G2-G5)
Yeah, like Im somewhere between alto and contralto, because my vocal range is E3-A4, so I can't sing Alto or Mezzo, and they dont have alto or contralto
Hai Yen Dinh : after a recent recital, I collared and fangirled the excellent violist; he only got a spark of appreciation in his eye when I added, “because I get it man, I sing alto.”
@@AnnaEmilka it's not just a "high soprano". bel canto singing, coloraturas, candenzas - it's definitely not "just high soprano". We've got a lot of difficult techniques, but you do you lmao.
@@XavierWConzet no need to patronize me, I know what a countertenor is. I also know that very few male singers can actually produce the right timbre to be a countertenor, falsetto or not. countertenors are still rare. therefore, there is no reason why a well-funded company like the royal opera house should be able to find a countertenor but completely neglect to find a contralto.
Yes, he really was. But I mean, most Full-Lyric Tenors and Full-Lyric Sopranos sound basically the same, but the Mezzo and Baritone Fach tends to have far more different timbres and colors. And also I think their voices are more interesting because they have "half portion" of their "counterparts", like the baritone for example has "half portion" of the bass and "half portion" of Tenor in his voice and so I find it more interesting to hear. Even in pop music I don't like hearing those "boyish-voiced" tenors or those "girlish-voiced" sopranos (Prime Mariah Carey is an exception).
You know it's not the full ensemble without the alto/contralto. It's a voice type shared by a lot of women, and used to create many wonderful duets! The mezzo in this video demonstrated a bit of what they're like, but not entirely! Thanks for the video :)
Really...? :0 I've known a lot of very shy, quiet sopranos as well. ^-^ I'm also a soprano, and I have a lot of anxiety and depression, so I don't like drawing attention to myself. ^^;;
Maybe it’s just me but the mezzo soprano is kind of the bread and butter of opera voices. Always gorgeous. Always pleasant to listen to. In probably every piece of opera.
The classical music scene, as it is now, seems to have completely exterminated contraltos. Even in baroque, most of the roles are taken on by mezzos who have to push down to make any sense of it, often with unsatisfactory results. It is sad that an entire voice category simply does not exist on anyone's radar.
That's exactly what I was thinking. And people who by all account should be Contraltos end up taking mezzo roles, otherwise they would never get work. The whole thing is kinda messed up.
@@cancelled_user At lot of people like to say that belting is a little like screaming. They're kind of right, because modern singing - especially musical - requires you to use your voice as if you were speaking. To make that work at high notes you get pretty loud. Opera singers have a more balanced voice which allows them to stay at the same volume no matter how high or low they are singing. It's really just a matter of preference. There are fantastic classical singer and amazing modern ones. I'm classicaly trained but decided to become a musical actress, so right now I'm learning how to switch to a more modern sound and I've definitely gained respect for belters. It's not just screaming, it's amazing voice control and Suuuuper hard 😵
@@piamarleen9143 Oh thanks! Btw, how about switching from death metal growls straigt into operatic vocals? :)) Do you know this girl? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SNPesLFTnUg.html
@@piamarleen9143 Or here, more vocal styles in just one song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tIqzPXzhEuw.html Listen to the whole song if you don't mind ;)
I’m always so impressed when someone can reach a low note, truly an under appreciated talent and sadly something I never can do 😅Propst to all the bassists out there.
This comment section makes me lose faith in humanity. No matter how good you are, there will always be a load of critics who will find a reason to criticize you, and the commenters in this video is one such example. All of these singers are amazing.
Han Ly the negative nancies are right. The level of singing at the big opera houses has declined to an unacceptable standard in quality. These singers are quite terrible. In fact they are mediocre compared to even your average university voice student. It's unacceptable standards and true opera lovers are sick of this shit. This art is so corrupt
Bad justification, you don't have to be a chef to know when food is bad, and most people watching this will have a grasp of operatic singing, and the tenor was the weakest, probably alongside the bass, the baritone was mediocre, and the soprano was weak. Mezzo-soprano was the most pleasing. Nobody is perfect, and nobody here is absolutely horrific, it's just that in order to do a video where you show off the basic different voice types it's not good to have mediocre sounding singers.
i was watching this video thinking why i never got into opera. i was rudely reminded by the comment section. all of these snobs make it impossible to enjoy anything
::eyeroll:: 1) you're on youtube. Welcome to critics hiding behind keyboards (which, by the way, doesn't mean they're wrong). 2) That's art. These artists are going to be loved and hated their whole lives. In fact, the better they get, the more some will strongly oppose their art. An artsfiend should know that.
I didn't say every comment. Most of these singers are on the ROH young artists scheme which is about them improving and gaining experience. Constructive criticism is fine. Dismissing individual singers as 'terrible' is not.
sorry, but what the actual f***? this is not a school recital, this is the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, they cannot afford to promote such bad singing. The mezzo was nice, but everyone else was maybe good enough to sing in the opera chorus.
New Horizons They should look for me haha. I am a Coloratura Contralto even though I am a guy with an androgynous voice. I have been trained as a contralto :)
The bass is my favorite. I love bass voices so much. I’m a soprano myself (classically training) and this is just so fun to watch all different voice types.
When it comes to opera, contralto singers are extremely rare - and consequently, so are contralto roles. And even when those roles exist (such as Maddalena in Rigoletto), they frequently get performed by mezzo-sopranos due to the scarcity of contralto singers.
God I love that piece the Bass did from the Magic Flute, when I was in it (in the Orchestra pit) it always gave me goosebumps. I suppose as a bass clef player I have a mighty appreciation for Bass singers. He was incredible!
*Brilliant video!* I hope they do another one with the subclassifications of each voice type (eg. light lyric Soprano, full lyric Soprano, Leggiero Tenor etc.)
All great singers but the lady who sang last was the most beautiful IMO. That's a voice that you can imagine shattering glasses. Very powerful and resonant.
Good ear - it's probably where Andrew Lloyd Webber got the idea from! :) There actually was a Christine on the West End, Gina Beck, who incorporated a big chunk of the final 'Sempre Libera' cadenza into 'Think of Me' at her last performance. It was really cool!
The mezzo was RINGING oml it sounds so beautiful! Her resonance was legit pounding unto my head I love it. So far she is the most refined vocally in this video 😍😍😍 luv her.
Absolutely gorgeous. Each one so special and moving. Thank you. I went to my first opera and I was so excited knowing that I would be over the moon. After half time intermission I was so miserable I actually left early. I’m not sure if it was because I was in the balcony and needed closer visual stimulation but I was saddened by this. I keep coming back to opera even after having that experience. I’ve started singing after my mom died and during this pandemic I’ve immersed myself in music in order to change my life with a passion I’ve never allowed myself to feel. Sometimes I practice singing opera and it feels amazing. Good or bad it doesn’t matter.... do you and never let anyone tell you no.
@@dalsegno1251 its fucking not. women have falsetto too and sing in falsetto in opera mostly (yes, this is falsetto too, which is usually called head voice). that dude is just really bad. he doesnt have any technique, his breath support doesnt exist, his voice is sharp and not rounded. the bad thing about countertenors is that they dont have to sing good to get the job, there are no high standards set for them, while other voices need to be good.
I love seeing other Mezzos, it reminds me of how broad our voices are. I always get told by Tenors that I need to 'stay in my range' because they think mezzos are altos and not near soprano for range. Honey, my range is G3-B5, let me be mezzo.
I'm a baritone, love hearing different mezzo voices! Love the different complexions! Keep loving your mezzo voice. Maybe he doesn't understand, you're balanced in your low and head notes, with a strong middle register! Bravo to you❤❤
Of all of them, Aigul, the Mezzo-Soprano has the purest timbre, best muscular support, and is the most developed. You can actually hear that her DB level is clipping the mic, causing it to distort slightly on some notes, that’s a lot of power right there!
Jose Hill they are not the same. It may be the same in choral singing but not in opera. Contraltos has a darker, lower sound, different colour. Listen to Ewa Podles, a contralto, and compare her to Marilyn Horne, a mezzo-soprano.
I am still a female with white voice, but I have singing lessons. My teacher says that I am a good soprano. It's horrible hating the soprano...what did she do to them?
