Joyce DiDonato Masterclass - Nicolas Darmanin

[@SingYourselfWell]

Joyce is always right on. She hears it and feels it and is able to communicate clearly and kindly. Such a wonderful example of the perfect teacher.

[@PhilAlumb]

She's a Great Singer and an excellent teacher. She's really tapped-in to the music and what it needs from a singer.

[@gahualli]

she is not right... she is Fabulous!! what an inspiration to see this wonderful artist teaching and being so 'specific' !!!!! Bravissima DiDonato!!!

[@MrTrackman100]

DiDonato--Great coach and super great singer!

[@gerharring]

This lady is great, great ideas and analogies to help make sense of it all

[@tenorbear60]

She is brilliant. Brilliant. Thank you for posting this valuable clip.

[@brywool]

This gal is a brilliant teacher, what a joy to watch.

[@Huynguyenkimnhat]

this is awesome!!!!! you can even hear the changes in his voice omg @@

[@mskelseypeters]

I've been singing without my poles!

[@GeorgiNM]

As for the Caballé reference - I've heard of her actually telling the maestro that she DIDN'T need to breathe in the usual spots, as she had so much breath that she could hold on for longer than expected... this to the maestro's amazement.But brava DiDonato for being such an engaging, energetic and knowledgeable teacher.

[@vvalery1522]

I wish I could say the same as Caballé. 😂😂😳

[@alannashadrake3497]

I LOVE the tent pole breathing visual! I'm definitely going to keep and use that one...

[@chulesq]

Never seen such an entertaining master class.

[@larrystoteles]

This was so useful -and enormously fun!- to watch...

[@AlainArvelo]

That Caballe impression was spot on! hahaha.

[@Sparky82]

Loving all the criticism towards Nico's singing. I can see all of you have been chosen to sing at the Royal Opera House ;-)

[@isaballaserrano4991]

Beautiful voice and he has also a very good presence 👌👏👏💕🔥

[@luciendante]

Oh my god. Nicholas is so cute

[@jagq16]

I love her.... He is so cute! 😁

[@DavidBrowningBYD]

Every suggestion she had for this young man was spot on. Didn't solve every problem he has, but that wasn't her job in the moment. I myself would like to see what's causing his eyebrows to move so much--it must be tension somewhere that be isolated and resolved.

[@Faust1979]

She is brilliant! And he’s doing a nice career, now… He’s great in the new Fausto recording from the Palazetto Bru Zane

[@Shamsithaca]

She is so brilliant, and nurturing. Why cant my teacher be like that. hmph. That guy is also quite good on stage, funny too. Hope he does well.

[@zuraiashvili8106]

This aria is damn difficult.

[@OhhhNeil]

This is just amazing. So proud of you cousin!

[@richardstilwell8127]

A great artist and colleague!

[@Chiswickian]

Joyce was not disrespectful to Montserrat. She was being playful. Montserrat had the most superb technique and was no slave to conductors. Joyce was making the point that she was insistent that her technique would not be subservient to the whim of a conductor. Montserrat has a wonderful sense of humour and would enjoy Joyce 's gentle imitation, I'm certain.

[@milanetc4865]

She is wonderful

[@lisettegrzn]

Ay… Pero si ella no está ofendiendo a Caballé, la está citando en un ejemplo con elegante sentido del humor. Está maravillosa esta clase maestra! Dice cosas con tanta lógica! Maestrro… If I do not brreath, I can´t sing… :)

[@anthonyhenrysmith]

wonderful

[@lauraneiravoz]

If you listen to his spoken voice you will note the "fatigue" of the sound. He speaks almost with his false vocal cords.

[@caninbar]

Aint he cute?

[@Ruffiello]

Caballe was the queen of breath and di Donato knows it.

[@savioalves1234]

Everything she said was so acurrate... On point!

[@RandolphCrane]

didn't know Michael Scott could sing

[@magicmonkichi]

"Maestro, if I do not breath I cannot sing" HA hehe. great post.

[@johnfox7985]

I appreciate that objectification is awful, regressive and downright urgh...but he be fine.

[@flicfan416]

singing is rubbish though. So much tension his head is literally shaking on the top notes. Blech

[@theartfulme1898]

+John Fox Yeah, he be a fine piece of man candy!

[@noblesetsentimentales]

Nothing wrong with saying you find someone attractive.

[@operaticxingenue]

14:57 OMG TOO FUNNY!!! I love her!

[@jaketaz2848]

If he's attending a class he must be seeking instruction, and if she's hosting a class she must be offering instruction. He must need instruction on breathing because she starts addressing it around 11:30, but only with subjective imagery and not with concrete directions.

[@JohnLee-xd9ks]

he is cute!

[@jhernandez16]

what does she mean by the phrase goes up not down???

[@naturalydecadent]

joyce thx a lot,very funny

[@marietrushina]

Could somebody please tell me from whom DiDonato learned that "tent poles" thing?

[@DeVante329]

+Maria Trushina she literally says in the video

[@marietrushina]

***** I know, but I just can't make it out, it's so swift... Debra (Deborah) Birenbaum? Barenboim?

[@sahearn191]

Deborah Birnbaum.

[@lucabonato1555]

Hey guys, am I the only one having the 'interlacing' kind of issue? You know, like a lot of stripes on the video when fast movements occur.

[@ChrisMonotoe]

20:16 lol. I like this lady :)

[@jaketaz2848]

I would rather say "take a longer, slower inhalation", because it is verb-based and direct. You can try it yourself, start singing without thinking and then go back and do the same thing but with a long breath that is slow enough to be silent. You will note an improvement, as would anyone because it exploits a biological function that is the same for everyone and no interpretation is needed. If you don't know any classical songs, try it with the Happy Birthday Song.

[@ChezFeroce]

19:28!! LMFAO

[@M_elliote34]

Difficult piece. The high notes were a bit pinched. To much throat. But Beautiful!

[@lauraneiravoz]

Your are absolutelly right: to much throat and vocal fatigue.

[@jaketaz2848]

I don't understand this response.

[@misterhoeflak]

Seconded.

[@jaketaz2848]

he stops singing around 2:30, DiDonato addresses the first technical issue 9 minutes later around 11:30. I don't quite understand the logic of addressing this after 9 minutes in, when it's a problem with the root of every sound he's created. and after doing so, using a tent pole image with no instruction beyond "imagine this". I appreciate DiDonato's singing a great deal and consider her one of the best currently working, but fame isn't a teaching tool, instruction is.

[@AuntAgatha0fullmoon]

If you have seen any of her masterclasses before, she explicitly states that she is not a pedagogue. She attacks her technical issues pretty much purely through image work, and considering the success rate with her masterclass transformations, I would say it works. Also, I'm not sure what you're saying about 11:30. She pretty much immediately started talking about text, which is pretty fucking important if you ask me lol. Her focus in every masterclass is always musicality, breath, legato, text, and stage presence. This might not work for you, but it's a bit much to say that it's not an effective (considering all the masterclass videos of hers out there demonstrating this) and fascinatingly rich pedagogical system from which to approach operatic artistry.

[@hectordb54]

What a nasal voice!

[@rlaflamme865]

It's called timbre. Could be altered by sound recording, microphone etc. But in this répertoire anyway the voice has to be agile, swift, no place or time for big wide heavy voices. 🤔

[@hectordb54]

@@rlaflamme865 so the repertoire allows you to be nasal? Wow!

[@ternitamas]

he's pushing too much and singing the coloraturas too heavily, you can totally tell because he lost his speaking voice, singing a high tessitura with too much air pressure kills your speech level voice

[@herrbrucvald6376]

I would walk out if a singer sang like this.....grainy, dry, small. no.....

[@caninbar]

When she starts talking about technique and images, it becomes very subjective. I don't agree with her images. Each person has to find their own. However, she is entertaining.