Korngold’s “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen” from Die tote Stadt

Renowned mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato presents a series of three master classes focusing on opera arias. Here Ms. DiDonato coaches baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara with pianist Shannon McGinnis on Korngold’s “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen” from Die tote Stadt (1920).
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[@publicclammer]

This guy is an absolute wonder, and the chemistry with Joyce is palpable, don't you think? Nor should we fail to note the magnificent, sensitive work of the accompanist at the piano. Just a stellar lesson and a joy to watch.

[@thevoicepath]

Beside all the positive comments for the baritone we should honor the great playing of the pianist! Well done! 👍

[@rockalittl]

He is incredible and Joyce’s face while listening to him says so. I was in tears several times during this lesson. I absolutely love his joy. His expressions are so genuine when he sings. Some beautiful beautiful moments during this class. Looking forward to following his musical journey. He is special. ♥️🎶

[@rosiekern]

I really loved watching this masterclass. Beautiful voice. Didonato worked her usual magic to make him even better!!

[@kok-weily9861]

Wow! A very beautiful piece of music given a very affecting performance by a very promising voice!

[@pslogge]

Germán is really good, I wish I had his voice and sensibility

[@Rebecca_0602]

This is just incredible! What she already does with his beautiful voice is just amazing 😍

[@windycitysinger]

Yesssss Shannon. Beautiful playing; beautiful singing.

[@wolfiesown]

Joyce is an absolute genius. What a gift to music! Oh yeah, great voice and piano too 😊

[@crazyorganist1609]

She's not a genius. She's teaching him bad habits

[@aneashumm203]

She is such an amazing teacher. I hope to work her with her one day

[@angiel2710]

Beautiful baritone

[@Rebecca_0602]

Wow just so beautiful

[@davidalbro2009]

I want someone to look at me the way German looks at Joyce.

[@Rebecca_0602]

BRAVO

[@Marcel_Audubon]

she opened my eyes

[@Canuckoperafan]

Great class, excellent baritone - a baritenor! I keep hearing an almost tenor timbre in his voice. Looking forward to DiDonato working with University of Toronto Faculty of Music students this coming week.

[@wenhuachen9984]

感動!

[@zelda_kelly]

Dear Enrique, please marry me....LOL JK. Love listening to his lovely voice and watching him sing!

[@tgylfason]

Excellent.

[@claudinevoirain5945]

beautiful

[@johannavargasi]

❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@moishemillerr]

21:50 nice Jazz impro from the pianist xD

[@danielchaplin4910]

Hi, I really love Mein Sehnen to. What I was wondering is, would she be able to help me with this song, since I am preparing to sing this song for an upcoming audition

[@AuntAgatha0fullmoon]

I need me a man like THAT hunny

[@matsao1313]

DiDonato is an amazing teacher and human being. But why doesn't she correct his pronunciation of "Sehnen"? He is singing it Zee-nen and it should be Zay-nen. Unless in opera it doesn't matter.

[@ymmv99]

Do you really believe a German singer doesn't know how to correctly pronounce the German verb sehnen? (you're wrong here, he's pronouncing sehnen correctly).

[@DobriPes]

​Germán Enrique Alcántara isn't German, he's Argentinian. Germán is his first name. Yes, the singing is beautiful but the repeated mispronunciation is grating.

[@CantorCantante]

17:48

[@jotge.3444]

Schöne Stimmführung, aber den Text habe ich oft nicht verstanden, obwohl ich Deutsch spreche.

[@vayasaberlo8]

Er is doch spanisch

[@qsilverboy01]

Hahaha this is NOT Italian Opera Aria!

[@zdenekklauda6267]

Not real singing in body. Find 10 differences: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ7CpmeXqN9lsJI

[@riccardobarreca8066]

La maggior parte dei tenori sono ingolati, anche questo non fa eccezione. Non mi spiego come mai siano così incapaci di utilizzare le risonanze superiori di maschera e, in particolare, come possano rassegnarsi a un fraseggio così disarticolato e innaturale. Sarebbe molto più semplice pronunciare bene le vocali semplicemente raccogliendole e scurendole al salire di tonalità. Costui è inascoltabile.

[@perhegg]

Masterclass in "How to sing nasal"

[@Bumblebeebeebee]

Still more interesting than your masterclass in „Writing stupid comments“.

[@perhegg]

@@Bumblebeebeebee If you want to attend "Writing stupid comments" masterclass there are still vacant seats. I just want to inform you that the masterclass is strongly against nasal operatic singing.

[@Bumblebeebeebee]

@@perhegg Well, after checking your videos a bit of nasality could help you quite a lot with your technical issues :) Good luck!

[@perhegg]

@@Bumblebeebeebee Nah, I don't think that is the solution. During opera school I was the one that carried the best in the hall. My technical problems are rather not being able to relax and keep a good posture throughout all different kinds of colours/volumes. It's a question of preparation, mind set and enough time to practice. Having kids don't help either =) Thanks for the good wishes anyhow!

[@galascen4876]

Its good, but for me this is'nt belcanto

[@thesaucegroup1877]

No one cares what u think, u know nothing