Masterclass avec / with Marilyn Horne

www.concoursmontreal.ca
CMIM Chant / Voice 2015
COURS DE MAÎTRE / MASTERCLASS
AVEC / WITH MARILYN HORNE
SALLE DE CONCERT BOURGIE DU MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTRÉAL
31 MAI 2015 MAY 31, 2015 14 h 2 P.M.
PROGRAMME
14 H 2 P.M.
CAROLINE GÉLINAS Mezzo-soprano Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
Classe de / Class of Donna Brown & Olivier Godin Pianiste / Pianist: Esther Gonthier
GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864) « Nobles Seigneurs, Salut ! » - Les Huguenots
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
14 H 40 2:40 P.M.
ERINNE-COLLEEN LAURIN Soprano
Classe de / Class of Donna Brown Pianiste / Pianist: Romain Pollet
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835) « Ah! non credea mirarti… Ah! non giunge… » - La Sonnambula
15 H 20 3:20 P.M.
HUGO LAPORTE Baryto n /Baritone Université Laval
Classe de / Class of Patricia Fournier Pianiste / Pianist: Jérémie Pellettier
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) « It is enough » ~ Elijah

[@BrainBonery]

Almost cried when she said: “remember, I’ve been where you are”

[@caninbar]

Horne demonstrates what it takes to become an artist and not another mediocre singer: Imagination, intelligent phrasing, rhythm, precise musicality, a variety of colours, dynamics, clear diction.

[@Tkimba2]

What about some GOOD voice??? Which these students don't have

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

She's awful.

[@photo161]

_ So very well put... and thank you for taking the time...

[@NgaiOlaudah]

AMEN, AMEN, AMEN... this applies to the spoken word as well... wundebar! bravo y bravissimo!

[@claranimmer7349]

Its sad, but many talented young students do net get the teachers they need. Even if everything is working beautifully you still have to be lucky to have a carreer. Only if you love music with all your heart passionately you have a chance. There are many teachers who could once sing very well, but they cannot pass it on to somebody.

[@brianfuller7691]

Few will ever sing Opera, fewer will ever be working opera singers and very few will be great. It's beastly difficult. Marilyn Horne is definitely on it here and mad respect.

[@lightsideglobalsupport4141]

At 80 during this class, Marilyn Horne is sharp, yet honest in a kind way. I love it when the she tells the audience they can leave if they need to do so. She reflects the meaning of true artistry, teaching qualities, and character.

[@Will_DiGiorgio]

One of the best masterclasses I've ever seen seen. Famous singers tend to be vague and think young singers can do the acrobatics they've done all thier career, whereas Ms.Horne really teaches and doesn't tell...Marilyn Horne is truly a great Mezzo and sounds like she could still have an incredible voice.

[@draganvidic2039]

She does not have any voice left at all.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@draganvidic2039 She still did have a beautiful voice at 80. I heard her.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

One of the greatest voices and human beings one can get to know.

[@charlesdavis7087]

Pure Gold. Thank God this was recorded for future generations!

[@BB-ps6of]

Everyone’s talking shit about the soprano but did you hear the difference between her first run through and after she applied all the corrections? Excellent student and singer!

[@krowapaulinka4351]

Ok but Marilyn doing the tenor in "Ah non credea" is just gold hahahaha I love this woman

[@NatashaPoholka]

Love the first singer. You can tell she really enjoys to sing and is becoming the character.

[@vettegaddia6234]

+Natasha Poholka Her timbre and size of voice sounds more like a light coloratura soprano, not a mezzo.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Her basic production seems off, everything else is very good. Like she needs to sing lighter with more support to free her vibrato, which might happen in higher keys.

[@GoshGus]

What I am hearing is an imbalance between her middle and top. Too much weight in the middle, so of course she hasn't learned how to free the top. I've known more than a few singers struggle to figure out if they're really mezzo coloratura or some variety of soprano.. The French composers complicate the issue. a bit.

[@Gmailgirl1234]

Marilyn Horne the greatest tenor of our generation 😂❤️

[@david18ireland]

tenor? lmao she's mezzo soprano

[@65NART]

daveyboi198724 its a joke.

[@thedarkone4992]

@@david18ireland r/wooooosh

[@david18ireland]

@Le Gallinacé

[@david18ireland]

After retiring from the opera stage, Marilyn Horne dedicated her life to educating young aspiring singers. Considered one of the greatest mezzo-sopranos of all time, her contributions to opera are indelible to the craft. Her archive is now a permanent part of the collections of the University of Pittsburgh. The Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center, located in the heart of her hometown, will serve as the centerpiece of the archive and as a resource for all those interested in her extraordinary life and career.

[@kentst8956]

Very interesting and well done. I have never seen a Horne master class and I am positively impressed. She is supportive but tenacious in guiding the singers toward her ideal. I think the last singer does a great job. Not that she sings perfectly, but that she really works hard toward improvement. Being in a master class is really difficult....sort of like being naked on stage. Bravo to these young artists!

[@elainebmack]

I am a cellist who gets a huge amount of musical insight from vocal master classes. We string players are always told to "sing", so these classes are really valuable to me.

[@user-ps1oc9ls9c]

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[@soccermom1245]

Ms. Horne: what a wonderful woman, a great performer and an even greater teacher! I had the pleasure of hearing her sing in concert in the mid-1980's(my favorite - I bought me a cat) Of course, I can never get over her Sesame Street appearance - C is for Cookie!

[@assisilo7130]

Beautiful voice Erinne. She was nervous but once she gets that confidence and nerves in check she will shine.

[@claudiacooley3331]

Marilyn Horne one of our great singers, that sadly most of America has never heard of. What a treasure!

[@pega17pl]

+Claudia Cooley Not to mention what merits Horne has to the Lied esp German Lied. Without her a lot of young American singers didn't know about the art of Lied which is highest level of singing at performance together with orchestra (Mahler, R. Strauss, Wesendonck). Thanks to her, we have less concern that there is no offspring.

[@vettegaddia6234]

+Claudia Cooley Unfortunately, most opera fans prefer higher pitch voices. That's why she is not given the status she deserved. But when Horne sang with Sutherland years ago, she was very famous and in demand.

[@bmbutler2]

While young people might not have heard of her, 40's and up? I bet they have.

[@bmbutler2]

+Vette gaddia not given the status she deserved? Where in the world do you get that from? Sorry, but you are very misinformed.

[@claudiacooley3331]

+B Butler :) we can HOPE most people over 40 know of her. I will add, when Ms Horne and Dame Sutherland were on PBS Great Performances back in '80 or '81, i remembered it felt as if my ears where opened for the first time. Such beauty and gorgeousness coming from those voices. and then of course her appearance with the Muppets was sheer perfection.

[@raymondmitchell3071]

What a wonderful opportunity for this young singer to be coached by the magnificent Marilyn Horn.

[@goldivox50]

"Singing is a series of sensations" - bravissimo to Marilyn Horne - most enjoyable to hear "spot on" guidance given to these young singers - I thought this teaching/coaching had been lost. Good to find it here!

[@bobbywinters7892]

I also appreciated the comment regarding “a series of sensations.”

[@danholodek]

What a wonderful Master Class! It's all about crafting the music.. Horne proves she is a GREAT teacher as well as one of the great American singers!

[@scottedmonds9923]

one of the best teachers of all time

[@bodiloto]

Scott Edmonds per questa ragione da anni i giovani cantate così male ... ahahahahahahahah !

[@blessOTMA]

Bless Ms. Horne for passing on her expertise and passion. Brava!

[@alanwilhite7034]

Marilyn Horne is a beautiful teacher. Her direction is so clear, kind, and helpful

[@bmbutler2]

Bravo to Ms. Laurin. She seemed to get the most out of the coaching and began to put it all together.

[@mezzokatie7365]

This class was wonderful, all the way around! I would love to hear more from these talented singers~ I will scour the interwebs! Marilyn Horne is amazing~ brilliant, personable in her teaching~ her knowledge is amazing, always extraordinary.

[@PonselleLover]

I stopped watching the video last night at the middle of the "Ah non credea" soprano, and I am watching the end today. I find that she is much better in the second half in terms of support, carrying the line and shading the lyrics, thanks, of course, to the great Marilyn Horne's instructions.

[@kellybrown7671]

The last singer is absolutely wonderful! Miss Marilyn spending so much time with her must have been such an honor. For anyone who doesn't realize why she (Marilyn) is doing so, then you're very near-sighted.

[@soniasalinas7034]

Sra Marilyn Horne un agrado verla en su magistral clase para nuevas generaciones .Gran amiga de la sra Caballé cantaron a dúo magníficamente .Las dos buenas para la risa ,de voces. DIVINAS me encantaba ver sus recitales Diosas del universo .No deje de enseñar ,lo hace con todo su amor ,bendiciones Sra Horne ,su amiga está ahí con ud ,disfrutando este momento Dios la tiene a su lado descansando en paz plena. Deseo a ud.buena salud larga vida en docencia éxito a sus empoderados discípulos (as). Abrazos Chile. ✈️🌺🇨🇱🎹🙋

[@ternitamas]

1:35:05 "if you're already FLAT" Hilarious!! she's so funny and practical giving advice, even contemplating the worst scenarios, that's profession!

[@philippebenz2643]

I wish she was my grandmother. She's really funny and smart.

[@bobbywinters7892]

Cheers to this amazing soprano who worked so hard to appease Ms Horne! What a great sport and amazing singer. She has a bright future.

[@operadog2000]

Marilyn Horne is 100% a class-act!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@claranimmer7349]

She was a very good teacher. Not every star from the opera is a good teacher. I once had one hour with Bella Jasper from the Berlin Opera, who came from Hungary and sang the Queen of the Night in the Zauberflöte, and it took me 6 weeks to unterstand, what she tried to teach me. And I was so afraid of her because she had so much temperament. 😀 She really saved this bariton‘s voice. No. 3 (Lucia di Lammermoor) has a lovely timbre. I would love to hear her as Agathe from the Freischütz. I‘ m sure she will become a very good singer. Lucia is very young and her voice sounded much younger in the end. Later she will become more dramatic. Playing a musical instrument that is alive, being an instrument is very hard. Its all emotion behind this perfection.

[@lornaguzman1543]

Simplemente MARAVILLOSO!!!! Gracias Marilyn!!!

[@wotan10950]

I was very impressed with Hugo Laporte. He doesn’t appear to be tall, but that rich voice came rolling out. I was pleasantly surprised.

[@htl2247]

this personal coaching worths million dollars

[@31deenero1]

No money can pay such a coach!!!

[@user-ty4ek3im8m]

She is my favrioty mezzo soprano

[@Juliet0307]

Un grand bravo à tous,un grand merci à Mrs Horne !

[@guipou2011ify]

Mme Horne est incomparable, quelle voix ! On ne peut que l'admirer !

[@pianist_pflanzist]

Elle est si nasale jaime pas

[@mariap.7115]

I don't hear diaphragm support at all! by all of the singers... Mrs Horne talks about support, but I think she puts mote attention to the mask, which is great and VERY important, but I think diaphragm support is VERY important as well! especially the last soprano has to work on diaphragm support and most urgently on dictee exercises, IMMEDIATELY! she misses many many notes!!! and I love Mrs Horne, she's just amazing!!! 💜

[@bradleybunk6463]

The first singer, ah such a resonance!

[@claranimmer7349]

She sounds a little like a spinto soprano and has so much charm.

[@victordunson8980]

The greatest mezzo ever 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@pwg510]

Senza dimenticare, nel repertorio drammatico, l'altra grandissima "leonessa" Fiorenza Cossotto. La sua Amneris è tuttora ineguagliata.

[@canterlevi]

DON’T lose weight! Wow!! As someone who has struggled with her weight her entire life, this is music to my ears!

[@thesoubretteoftheopera7313]

Well that is a mistaken old belief that has been disproven many many times that being fat somehow have you a bigger voice. It doesn’t and scientifically fat has nothing to do with vocal production

[@yogajedi3337]

@@thesoubretteoftheopera7313 No kidding me. I principle. The bigger you are the bigger voice. By experience any opera singer knows this.

[@thesoubretteoftheopera7313]

@@yogajedi3337 Scientifically disproven.If that were true Caballe would have had a bigger voice than Birgit and Pavorotti a bigger voice than Corelli.

[@yogajedi3337]

@@thesoubretteoftheopera7313 If a singer, the same person, is 140 cm and 40 kg. (have you heard a midget sing). Increases to 190 cm and +100 kg I guarantee the voice will become bigger. It's simple physical laws. Bigger lungs, bigger larynx, bigger everything. Any patzer will understand this. The bigger the louder.

[@thesoubretteoftheopera7313]

@@yogajedi3337 Fat does nothing to contribute to the voice. Bone structure yes but your bone structure. does not change in adulthood. You only gain fat or muscle as an adult. Your organs, unless you have a medical problem, will the organs do not get bigger.

[@user-ef1sl4yl9e]

Oh, thank you, thank you, I learned so much, thank you for posting this: please more....

[@FABIANROBLESTenor]

Horne hits it out of the park, love her!!!!

[@xiaoliangpan1678]

a perfect teacher!

[@ciasa9488]

This lady is my new opera heroine. She's awesome!

[@charlesdavis7087]

Fantastic. Boy, did I learn a lot.

[@karinamkg8361]

Damn, this woman has a lot of knowledge! Im from germany and have quite a hard time to roll the 'r' 😥

[@pega17pl]

At begin of her opera career she was engaged at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Later she became one of greatest Mahler singer. (see also Wikipedia DE and EN)

[@Hako2004]

I thought she was a soprano twenty seconds into the music. Horne is right on the money. The lower middle isn't dark or large enough for a mezzo.

[@ThomasDawkins88]

She may well be a soprano, but several of the pants roles that are now considered property of mezzos were written for sopranos (or were written early enough that the distinction wasn't made). Urbain was written for a soprano and later transposed for mezzo or contralto when Alboni sang it (as Ms. Horne says), as was Stéphano and probably Siebel. Some sopranos have sung Cherubino as well.

[@Priska08]

Love you Marylin Horne ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@exdiva46]

Bless Ms. Horne!

[@colorguarddrummajor]

Ms. Laurin's pianist was sublime.

[@rom1pollet]

thank you !

[@LiradeTerpsichore]

I agree

[@shantibel]

What an amazing experience for these young students.

[@JuuC]

She got sad when she was told she wasn't a mezzo and just today I was told by my new teacher that I'm a mezzo and I now feel really bad. How I wish to be in her place

[@nielsenmakaba5777]

Ju AC what's wrong with being a Mezzo?

[@yuliana703]

Nielsen Makaba , less money and bad dressing rooms😆

[@avecesar4244]

When someone critizices these masterclasses and say she is a Bad teacher and a Bad singer it seems they express totally subjective opinions, because they didnt like this singer and admired other singers in comparison. It's like saying the opera world was wrong when people acepted this singer as one of the best in her time. People were wrong when they considered her a good singer?? Please, more consistent opinions, not just subjective likings

[@angiebarrett8780]

Marilyn Horne!!! How privileged those students were.

[@flav2689]

I know, right!

[@Rosannasfriend]

Fabulous lesson!

[@claudiacooley3331]

haha, i like when she calls it 'show off' music

[@Livience]

I just Googled mezzo Irene Roberts today because I joined the karaoke app Sing! by Smule this week, and SF Opera has a channel and she was featured singing Habanera and was absolutely captivating in it. I found that she's currently singing at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. And who do you think she's playing? Urbain!! In LES HUGUENOTS!!!! A few hours later, I skipped on over to KZbin to look up videos of Habanera and stumbled across this masterclass. They're listening, Marilyn!! They want to give young mezzos more opportunities to show off!! ;)

[@morrighanbond]

Jeena Lim No Waaaaayyyyyy😳😳😳

[@ron-waynehoekstra7007]

Brilliant !!!

[@bmbutler2]

Bravo to Marilyn Horne about her weight. You could tell she touched Ms. Laurin and that was so nice!

[@barbaramat1090]

These young singers has a demand teacher / M.Horn/:-). I love her!

[@liilu8]

I love her

[@desallymes]

Marilyn Horne est une référence !!!

[@TeachUBusiness]

People generally do not appreciate the difficulty of singing opera.

[@RoSario-vb8ge]

Well, they can't, most of them never had singing lessons.

[@zoewinslow9999]

Comments should be disabled on every masterclass vid they’re always so negative and pretentious

[@david18ireland]

lmao best line ever! "well....you'll do it now...ok?"

[@piustwelfth]

The last singer has a beautiful voice.

[@TheCarnivalguy]

A very beautimous vice!

[@davidmuller9938]

Marilyn Horne is one of the greatest mezzos ever although she's a contralto :) after her first birth she became a coloratura contralto exactly with a great range.

[@pawdaw]

she was originally soprano - sang Marie in Wozzeck!

[@draganvidic2039]

pawdaw Lazy soprano

[@markpkessinger]

She's a mezzo-soprano; she was never a contralto (a voice part that is actually exceedingly rare).

[@GoodStuffForeverMore]

I'm a big Marilyn Horton fan! It is awesome to see her working her magic here. I am wondering, though, why did they not mic the singers? So difficult to hear what they are saying. Have to turn the volume up to max. I know these videos were recorded years ago.Hopefully, it's an oversight that was corrected at some point.

[@eatmyspam]

Amazing voices.

[@vettegaddia6234]

The last singer had a lot of guts to sing "Ah, non giunge!", which is a specialty of Horne's great and dear friend, Joan Sutherland. That's why Horne was very critical of her.

[@bmbutler2]

She wasn't very critical. I guess it is because I have been a participant in many master classes. It would be a true privilege to sing for her and get feedback good or bad. She truly helped the last singer because the singer was listening and trying to apply her suggestions. Very critical? Hardly.

[@AMsamification]

I kept thinking that....and she kept having the guts all the way through.. and the energy and the exhaustion that can come in moments you must ignore.

[@unabarry2476]

A masterclass is not a singing lesson, and I think Marilyn Horne had the balance right I think given the circumstances. You can't pick in everything in half an hour, and in any case there sings, out of the ver set-up of a masterclass, will not always get everything right to start with, not like a performance. These masterclass people come and go once, and then the teacher has to pick up the pieces, and for me I felt Marilyn Horne had the right balance. She'd be very different as a singing teacher.

[@bpetii1]

For me, her voice was the best.

[@saelind73]

Listening to the first singer "presenting" the story, I thought; Lets hope she can tell the story better through singing. lol I have to say I liked her voice.

[@martineyeo7491]

I love the baritone voice, like the second singer. Poor guy, though, just as well he was good-humoured!

[@flav2689]

21:50 She’s hilarious! As someone who has studied German, this is absolutely true. Love miss Horne 😂😂

[@GoshGus]

"You woke up a little too fast." -Miss Horne.

[@BellaFirenze]

Hugo Laporte is a Canadian treasure.

[@lr8845]

Third singer is breathy.

[@varasuetamminga9519]

Such skill and technique to create these laser voices, such strength. People are frightened by such strength and power in women especially.

[@sandplus5048]

She’s a great 👍🏻

[@Nater389]

The singer is beautiful. Does anyone know how she's progressed?

[@operabilia]

This strapping young lad has a splendid voice! Work on the dynamics and open up the sounds (esp. vowels). Bravo.

[@user-hi4wo2qv4j]

lyrics Elijah: It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers! I desire to live no longer; now let me die, for my days are but vanity! I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, For the children of Israel have broken Thy covenant, and thrown down Thine altars, And slain all Thy prophets, slain them with the sword. I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, And I, even I, only am left: and they seek my life to take it away! It is enough! It is enough. O Lord, now take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers! Now let me die, Lord, take away my life! track credits

[@Altonahh10]

The last singer is really changing from pretty weak to quite nice following to Horne´s directions. She has to learn to keep her coloraturas focused, they´re rushed and very uneven. But that should come with hard training. The sound of her voice is really nice but obviously she is forcing herself into a too heavy aria and has no chance to succeed here. She´s cutting phrases off, the coloraturas are not well sung but no need to worry - being nervous and not ready yet doesn´t mean that in 2 or 3 years it will be the same. Good luck :-))

[@bmon3518]

also she sings flat!

[@gabrielfrota4190]

Como os padrões mudaram tanto a ponto de alguém que canta tão nasal conseguir uma carreira?

[@elainebmack]

Just heard the first singer. Without hearing her introduction or any information about her, I thought she was a soprano. I don't hear any mezzo quality in her voice at all.

[@nastasjadjordjevic1267]

And she was 28 at the time... Poor girl... Shifting the voice type at that age.... Oof

[@yogajedi3337]

1:16:40. At last someone who are frank and honest about what singing opera house opera essentially is about.

[@ternitamas]

can someone explain the concept of tempo within a tempo M Horne mentions at the beginning? Is it a section within an aria with a contrasting more rhythmic nature than that of the overall aria? Or is it something else?

[@GoshGus]

It's a way of feeling the subdivision of the tempo.

[@lr8845]

Most honest teacher! NO political correctness bullshit here. Appreciate!

[@2000wattz]

The "mezzo quality" that Marilyn is looking for is not a reliable way to determine a voice part. Most mezzos fall into the trap of over darkening their sound just to meet this standard, when their timbre is actually naturally brighter. A more reliable way to determine whether a singer is a mezzo is to figure out where her primo passaggio is and how low can she sing in head voice.

[@locoforCOCOZ]

I’ve never heard of having someone singing as low as they can with head voice to investigate fach, that’s so interesting! Would being able to bring your head voice lower indicate a mezzo?

[@user-hv1ic5oj2c]

Скажите пожалуйста, какие переходные ноты в 1 октаве характерны для меццо? Какая самая нижняя ноты головой должна звучать, а какая уже на груди ?

[@herrbrucvald6376]

If you really want to understand why the very greatest singers are so great, compare them to the merely very good to see what they've accomplished. The Bellini soprano is really excellent, but it's just not enough for this material.

[@pega17pl]

(21:30) Edith Piaf would not be a world-known singer without rolling German "R"!

[@user-jt4js7ed3e]

Мерилин - класс.

[@Leanrosso]

Cuan equivocados, a veces, los vocal coachs y arruinar una voz..... Gran capacidad de enseñanza tiene M.Horne para determinar que la 1.alumna es una soprano y no una mezzo

[@annwolken5793]

This girl sounds like a SOPRANO

[@unabarry2476]

I am happy to be called a 'girl' - Americans don't like it I know!! But I'm British and we have a different turn of phrase and it's with affection.

[@LiradeTerpsichore]

You were great too. Nice to have the oppotunity to tell it personally. You show personality, strenght and determination. If it is so that you are a soubrette, it is very interesting anyway how your voice is going to develop. I wonder what you are feeling about it and the soprano/mezzo issue. "more money, best dressing room...haha" I wish you Good luck, whatever the case. Just in case someone else enjoys to read about a soubrette voice: "A soubrette voice is light with a bright, sweet timbre, a tessitura in the mid-range, and with no extensive coloratura.[4] A soubrette's vocal range extends approximately from middle C (C4) to "high D" (D6).[5] The voice has a lighter vocal weight than other soprano voices with a brighter timbre. Many young singers start out as soubrettes but as they grow older and the voice matures more physically they may be reclassified as another voice type, usually either a light lyric soprano, a lyric coloratura soprano, or a coloratura mezzo-soprano. Rarely does a singer remain a soubrette throughout her entire career.[6] The tessitura of the soubrette tends to lie a bit lower than the lyric soprano and spinto soprano.[7]

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

The Sonnambula aria is excruciatingly difficult music to sing......

[@silvr94]

LOL thst first singer is a soprano. Is she one of these singers who has a good voice DESPITE her teacher?

[@BB-ps6of]

Couldn’t the weight comment have been said privately? That was a little humiliating.

[@herrbrucvald6376]

If i was a student here i'd be scared into a voiceless stammer! Horne is a tough cookie.....yikes!

[@unabarry2476]

Couldn't agree more. She is a tough cookie ... but positive.

[@ZygimantasA]

You should see what we went through in Eastern Europe with some of the toughest Soviet opera singers xD Painful!

[@jasonhurd4379]

Tough as Horne is, the most demanding teacher I've ever seen is Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. She makes Horne look like a wilting violet. Schwarzkopf let absolutely nothing pass uncorrected, and more often than not, the student was unable to sing the piece all the way through due to ES's constant adjustments and corrections. To be fair, Schwarzkopf made clear to the audience that it was not a performance, but rather hard work, which they were being allowed to witness.

[@Dantalion15]

What is the girl saying at 1:01:12

[@gcmacyman]

What I don't get is that just about every singer should know here class, and just about every student she has to tell them "speak enough to the audience to tell them about it". Why? lol. If I was to appear in her class, I would know to speak to the audience when she asks me to describe , and she wouldn't have to ask me to address the audience. . Does anyone else notice that? lol.