Mezzo-soprano

Unlike the Language we learn in school, music is a special type of language that can be use as a type of communication tool. Jazz is origin from African American and its main characteristics are swing and syncopation, improvisation, distinctive voices bent notes and modes. I’ve watched an amazing concert for the Jazz term paper. The title of the Live Jazz Concert is “Brian Culbertson feat Michael Lington” As the Piano and the Trombone player, Brian Culbertson is one of the main performer that…

singer, is considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, as well as a major soprano for many years. African-American singer Grace Bumbry, born on January 4, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the leading opera voices of her generation. After Grace Bumbry studying in Boston, Chicago, and Santa Barbara, California, Bumbry made her opera debut at the age of 23. She performed around the world and mastered the great mezzo-soprano and soprano roles in the classical opera…

Rosina takes the already completed letter from her bosom. She then sings “Fortunati affetti miei! Io comincio a respirar” (Fortune smiles on my love, I can breathe once more). There are more trills, higher notes (even a high A, about as high as a mezzo usually sings) and faster runs up and down the scale, especially when she sings, “Ah, tu solo, amor, tu sei che mi devi consolar” (Oh, you alone, my love, can console my heart) where the line goes from middle G down to B then rapidly up to D then…

The lunch hour concert, musicians were a on a low energy which the few of us in the congregation was feeding off on. However, without a doubt the performances were clear on their actual role or part. I do know a good singer when I see one and the sopranos done by Sashekia and Adelaide was indeed an excellent one. Even though Shashekia opera was on a high rage and the mike caused her voice to sound like it was frying nevertheless she did well. The music…

Clemenzo di Tito, sings two main arias, Parto,Parto and Deh, Per Questo Istante solo. Both of these arias are difficult to sing and require stamina and power that is not found in a countertenor or light soprano. In modern productions, these roles are typically sung by very strong and dramatic mezzo-sopranos such as Elīna Garanča. In the operas they are typically dressed like men and portray very masculine behavior to portray a castrati as closely as possible. Since a castrato voice was so…

Firstly, the music is restrained because it is characterized by a clear singing melody. The singers use soprano and mezzo-soprano voices to sing. Also, the music expresses austerity because of the plainness and simplicity that it posse. A single instrument and voice are used in the music thus making it simple. Lastly, the music exhibits distributional evenness since…

I attended the Metropolitan Opera Rising Stars Concert series on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Wright Auditorium. The stars consisted of Janai Brugger a soprano, Sarah Mesko a mezzo-soprano, Sean Panikkar a tenor, Trevor Scheunemann a baritone, and lastly Brent Funderburk the pianist. These performers are apart of the S. Rudolph Alexander performing arts series. The audience consisted of a wide range of people; from college students to the elderly citizens of Greenville, NC. First, I would like…

by Alexi Guessford, who performed Caro mio ben by Giueseppi Giordani. Guessford, a Soprano, sang Caro mio ben. Guessford maintained eye contact while singing. The third performance was by Brittany Parry, who performed Der…

previous. Right away, the song began with word painting. For example, when Sebastian says “strings,” the sopranos enter with high pitched piano “ee” vowels to imitate string instruments. Also, he introduces the “winds” which are the rest of the ensemble, and they join on a lower and piano “ah” vowel. This sounded like a breeze causing a tree to creak. The ensemble stayed piano but crescendoed to mezzo piano every time they sang the lyric “kiss the girl.” At the end of the song I assumed…

remains one of his most powerful pieces that acted as a vehicle for his artistic and moral resistance against the rise of anti-Semitism in Soviet Russia during the end of Stalin’s life. From Jewish Folk Poetry was first composed in 1948 for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano, and then later orchestrated in 1963. In 1948, not only was Shostakovich aware of Stalin’s efforts to destroy Jewish culture which was deemed as a threat to Soviet society, Shostakovich knew the horrors of Nazism and…