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The beautiful Placido é il mar from Mozart’s opera, Idomeneo. Keep the breath steady and supported, clear consonants and long vowels. Placido é il mar – 3 Parts Audio Placido é il mar – Soprano Audio Placido é il mar – Alto Audio Placido é il mar – Bass Audio
Greetings, Voiceworkers! We’re tackling Wolfie Amadeus this week, so have a look and a listen and a sing through, if you have a few moments to spare. It’s not long but it is in Italian and presents some challenges vocally. I’ve put the Italian and its English translation at the bottom of this post. Note: … Read more
Welcome back, all to the Autumn 2014 LVW sessions. Here are the parts for the very excellent finale of Mozart’s Don Giovanni that we began working on last evening. I’ve included the piano part in each of the audio files to help you hear where you are, but I’ve lowered the volume of the piano and raised … Read more
Here’s another one to be working on as I think we’ll be going back to this piece soon. Maybe it’s one to sing for our guests at our end of term party? Well, no, probably not. Not enough time to rehearse. Consider it a summer assignment. Soprano audio *Mind, this next one is labelled Soprano … Read more