French Diction Tutorial of "Avant de quitter ces lieux" by Gounod.

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French diction tutorial of : Avant de quitter ces lieux
Composer : Gounod
Opera : Faust
A quick note about the IPA subtitles. The symbol "~" is what I use for both liaison and legato linking. The standard way of writing out the IPA is somewhat unsatisfactory. For example the IPA for:
Les américains (the Americans) would normally be written:
[lez ameʀikε̃] or [le zameʀikε̃]
but I prefer [le~z~ameʀikε̃]
with the liaison consonant in between two "~"s. In this way, one is able to pronounce each word separately, yet good legato is encouraged when said together.
As every syllable begins with a consonant, the use of the symbol "~" used for linking is shown in the following way. The IPA for:
par exemple (for example) will be written as:
[paʀ~εgzɑ̃pl]
Of course, it is understood that there is no rest in the music between these two words.
When it comes to the French pronunciation used, I always gave deference to that which was given by the Dictionnaire Larousse (www.larousse.fr/).
This includes the pronounciation for such words as:
"les" www.larousse.fr...
"là-bas" www.larousse.fr...
"heureux" www.larousse.fr...
and the like.

[@Chaosga]

Going from singing Italian Opera to French, and I swear, this language is as dangerous to learn as it is to sing. Beautiful, but so difficult for me right now!

[@albertorodriguez3927]

Wonderfully done. Subscribed

[@c.m.b.wagnerbariton9232]

As a professional opera singer and non native, I appreciated this very much. A big issue for me is though: In spoken french, I always pronounce the nasals well. However, for example the õ like in ‘allons’ is difficult to sing closed enough. In this aria there aren’t any, but i.e. in the Carmen aria (votre toast…) that problem exists. I find that most non natives have trouble doing the õ nasal, but I (having studied in France) find the opposite difficult: making it sound natural, but still projecting my voice enough etc. Many french natives seem to open it up more. What’s your opinion on that as a coach?

[@Bacchanale100]

i listen no difference, between de slashed 0 symbol ( like in "feux" ) and the inverse "e" symbol (the french letter E ) , help me, do i have no good ears ?

[@汤俊军]

Thank you so much!!!

[@bernardojoonsungkim6841]

E' comodo per imparare di pronunciare precisamente francese. Grazie mille!^^

[@1972jesus]

Te queremos, una gran ayuda, muchas gracias.

[@MrFers80]

Thaks a lot! Your work is very impressive: congratulations!

[@pilargarridosoprano]

Thank you so much! I need this for my fonetics class :)

[@b1thday]

Tks for your kind contribution

[@alessandrocernuzzi]

this is amazing, thank you sooooooo much!!!!!!

[@tsuyoshi481]

so good!! i practice it now!!

[@TheLucasBritter]

Bravo! Grazie.

[@alfredogonzalezreig7701]

Gracias!! excelente

[@jenningsgardner2205]

THANKS

[@brianmreschke3441]

It might be worth considering putting into "Ted talk" style which often come with an interactive transcript that would allow anyone to see both kinds of lyric side by side and also touch the line to replay it.