Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.MASTERCLASS.Part 1.EDINBURGH.TV.1980.INTRODUCTION FILM TO THE SERIES...

In 1980 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf the renowned operatic and lieder soprano gave a Series of Public Masterclasses in the Freemasons' Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Edinburgh International Festival, one year following her retirement from the recital platform in 1979.
Here,we take a 45 minute glimpse into the full Series of her Public Edinburgh Masterclasses.
PART 1.
Some Basic Common Problems.
THE FULL SERIES OF ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF EDINBURGH MASTERCLASSES ARE IN 'MY UPLOADS on my Home Page.---as Parts 2,3,4.and 5.
This introductory programme includes music by
Hugo Wolf
Mozart
Richard Strauss
Schubert
Schwarzkopf chose six gifted young singers from nearly two hundred !
Contains clips of Schwarzkopf singing lieder on film.
Roger Vignoles is the piano accompanist.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 1915-2006.
Without a doubt one of the great sopranos of the second half of the 20th Century---always striving for the best in herself and in other singers.
ENJOY! :)

[@christopherbowen2547]

1980 and 1981 I attended one week each year of her master classes at San Francisco Opera/Merola training program, equivalent of 10 days of bliss. The most important event in my opera buff devotion to opera. She was absolutely brilliant and insightful. During breaks she took up her knitting while generously responding to questions of SFO supporters' invited to this exclusive event. One student thankfully had the audacity to sing the clock soliloquy from Rosenkavalier, probably a set up to get her to descant on her most well known role. She ended up singing the entire aria with pauses to explain the vocal and dramatic complexity of each few phrases. A miraculous opportunity, likely made possible by SFO Director Kurt Adler one of her great friends. One of her favorite students was Hampson who later studied with her in Austria. Also Ruth Ann Swenson who had a remarkably pure soprano voice. But she was ruthless with singers she felt had no operatic prospects. In 1979 she came with her Angel records producer husband Walter Legge to give a joint master class. He was inflexibly opinionated and she was a match, such that they spent more time arguing over phrasing, breathing, diction interpretation than instructing, an amusing couples counseling session for observers. Fortunately he died and she came alone the next two years!

[@schneevongestern9898]

She is very.....firm. merciless even. But so honest. She is just as honest and straight forward when she loves something as when she disapproves with something.

[@avarmadillo]

This is a treasure every musician should hear.

[@michasobiech2671]

Amazing personality.

[@smurf902]

The mezzo was really beautiful.

[@alvarojosetasconospina3583]

BELLA ETERNA...GRAXIEEE

[@alvarojosetasconospina3583]

AMADÍSSIMA CELESTE SIGNIORA.. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😢😮😅😊

[@sarahjulien2813]

She's terrifying...I love her. Can she please rip me apart?

[@c004857]

I will probably forget all the words being in front of this great lady due to being so nervous.

[@esejsnake1503]

17:55 "And in tune, if possible" :-D 23:38 "Husband your forces..."

[@lochness11]

Yes Esej I found that amusing, as probably many viewers did. Schwarzkopf did indeed have a sense of humour. Thanks for commenting.

[@connynielson8686]

These seem to be all the mistakes all singers make not just opera singers..quite facinating

[@schnabelite]

11:16

[@silverkitty2503]

My teacher made me sing non si piu to get my lower notes (im soprano) i hated it

[@ABC_CSC]

Oh, I feel you on that! For me Zerlina was already so deep when I got more lessons from more teachers so my second teacher made me sing her, of course xD

[@blonda.bacoviana]

What is with the vibrato of the baritone in blue sweater?....sounds a bit funny...

[@GeorgiNM]

1) Slow vibrato is a modern obsession it seems to me at least one can observe a faster vibrato much more often in pre-1940 recordings of successful singers + alternatively 2) People often tremble in public, and the connection to vibrato is an obvious one

[@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301]

Lav C, I wouldn't call it vibrato myself. I think of vibrato as something manufactured, a technique, a way of playing with the sound for a purpose, whether it's a string player, wind player or vocalist. What I hear with the blue-sweater baritone is the vibration of life itself. The voice of truth, if you like. John Denver, Judith Durham, Edith Piaf, Beniamino Gigli, Joseph Calleja - you hear the vibration of all living things . . .

[@bryanabriz508]

@@GeorgiNM there are faster vibratos out there but I think his is a caprino issue. Not enough fluctuation of pitch in the vibrato. Luckily that is reversible! Wobbles are much more scary :(

[@lifeinsurrey7997]

Man versteht wirklich kein Wort bei diesem Belcantogesang. Aber der Painist ist phänomenal.

Life in Surrey Deshalb war Dame Elisabeth eigentlich der Meinung, dass nur deutschsprachig Geborene diese Lieder singen sollten!

[@hildegardderbal5908]

Ich verstehe sie aber sehr gut.

[@ransomcoates546]

Roger Vignoles became very famous.

[@SingerGeneLeonard]

The blue sweater guy has a tremolo which is not a even vibrato which the is problem with the air or the production.

[@GeorgiNM]

Hello. Do you know who narrates? It sounds much like Richard Bonynge to me.

[@lochness11]

The narrator is Peter Bolgar. His diction is perfect.Thankyou for asking George. Wikipedia:- "Peter Bolgar (born 1936) is a British television and radio announcer, married since 1962 to Archers actress Angela Piper. He announced for BBC Television from 1967 to 1995, and since then, he has announced for the BBC World Service. He speaks with a clear, distinctive, slow-paced Received Pronunciation accent which is increasingly rare in modern broadcasting."

[@GeorgiNM]

Thank you yourself! Schwarzkopf is a joy to watch and listen to, as are her students.

[@julianwynne8705]

@@lochness11 Not his German diction, invariably: his Richard (in Richard Strauss), zum Beispiel, is NOT correct - in the handling of the CH, that is - rather surprisingly.

[@pega17pl]

Of course 'only' l'art pour l'art but with maxime 'all or nothing'.

[@furstjakobderschwabe]

Ach was, sie kam weniger als Kommandantin vor als die liebe schwäbische Oma! Viel gefordert, aber sie war niemals bösartig!

[@chrisw1090]

As much as I like her voice I have problems with Schwarzkopf's teaching. I feel it would be so much better if the singer was asked at the beginning to give their own interpretation of the aria and the character that they are portraying. Instead what we have is Schwarzkoft's own interpretation or role. The danger with this is that opera becomes fossilized. Indeed in the introduction where we see her interpretation of An Die Musik, she sings it wonderfully but for me her interpretation is far inferior to that of Kathleen Ferrier.

[@johnrondeau8500]

I always as thought Schwarzkopf swallowed her voice and retracted her mouth no fiore di Labri

[@LOLERXP]

@J. K. Unter vielen Masterclasses hier auf KZbin haben Sie große Freude daran, sich wie das größte Arschloch aufzuführen. Damit tun Sie keinem einen Gefallen, sich selbst am allerwenigsten.

[@LOLERXP]

@SuperMagren Peinlich. Spielen Sie sich doch bitte nicht so auf. Konjunktiv und Fremdwörter qualifizieren Sie zu gar nichts. Stattdessen sollten Sie lieber anfangen, Großschreibung am Satzanfang zu beachten. Das ist um einiges wichtiger -- oder ist Ihnen "Das sollten Sie _priorisieren_ " lieber? Ordinäre Ausdrücke... Für Sie kann ich die Begriffe Dummschwätzer und Klugscheißer gerne zum Klugschwätzer _synthetisieren_ . Dummscheißer würde aber auch passen.

[@silverkitty2503]

i sang for years ....what the fuck does no fiore di labri mean???

[@meinardkraak9861]

Mijn contactpersonen

[@romainlefsab2812]

Terrifiante…dedans et dehors…

[@gerardcohen7780]

Elle a tout de même toujours été un peu chicandiere. L'art ne cachait pas toujours assez l'art et elle tordait consonnes et voyelles à sa fantaisie. A part ça, la plus grande artiste du monde, profondément post-romantique, inégalable dans Wolf, Strauss, Mahler.

[@user-bc9mn7gq2c]

E.S. is wonderful--a singer for all seasons...But occasionally she really gets it wrong. "An die Musik" as performed here has all kinds of problems of mood, line, vowel color -- its total effect almost disjointed. Even Moore sounds uninspired. I suspect she was ill, very nervous or having personal problems. Her early recordings w/ Edwin Fischer light years better!

[@furstjakobderschwabe]

Ach was, als ob du in der Lage wärest, sie zu belehren - dass ich nicht lache!

[@user-bc9mn7gq2c]

@@furstjakobderschwabe Hören Sie sich ihre frühen Schubert-Liederaufnahmen mit Fischer am Klavier an und vergleichen Sie dann. Oder besser Schwarzkopf im Verdi-Requiem unter Giulini oder Cosi unter Von Karajan hören. "No one is exempt from saying silly things... My opinions escape me as nonchalantly as they deserve. All the better for them. I would part with them promptly for the little they are worth..." -- Montaigne's Essays, III:1, D. Frame trans., (paraphrased).