MezzoGirl
Los Angeles, CA
Female, 29
I sing beautiful music -- primarily opera -- but I also do concert work, church music, studio/scoring sessions, and whatever other performance opportunities I can get my hands on.
Hi Anna! So sorry for the delayed response! Some people do have a naturally larger, mature voice at a young age. It's even more important in those cases to have a teacher who is mindful of proper repertoire and technique to keep a large instrument healthy as the body and voice is still maturing. It is a gift, but talent is only made into musicianship & art by technique and dedication to the craft of performing. As a person who has a lighter, coloratura voice, you're voice will be "ready" sooner than most people with larger voices. Keeping true to your voice is always the best technique, so don't worry about how other people's voices are developing compared to yours. So long as your singing repertoire in your 'fach' while working with your teacher to stretch yourself technically, your voice will develop the way it should. That's one of the more exciting parts of having voice as your instrument... there's so much to make our voice unique...by our inherent unique vocal tone honed with technique, by our interpretation crafted by the study of acting and music research, and by how our bodies and voices mature. Keeping your voice healthy is truly the best thing to focus on.
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Opera is ALIVE!!!! I love this question as I sing many modern operas. America boasts many of today's top opera composers: John Adams, Philip Glass, Tobias Picker, Jake Heggie, Mark Adamo, Peter Lieberson... the list goes on and on.There's also Louis Andreissen from Holland, Osvaldo Olijov from Argentina, Thomas Ades & Gavin Bryars from England, Olga Neuwirth from Austria and many, many more. And I'm really looking forward to Chinese opera making a greater breakthrough into the mainstream of opera.
It's an exciting time to be an opera singer as we're getting more and more diversity on stage and in the scores. Most composers choose libretti in their own language, but not always. And some bring their native language to their new homes- Gabriela Ortiz's Camelia la Tejana sung in Spanish, but written in the US, is just one example.
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Your job isn't to judge yourself...that's the judges job! Your job is to sing. So, what's the real work of being a singer? In high school, it's studying and figuring out your resources. Find the best teacher you can find, preferably one associated with a school that you're interested in attending. Talk to other students at that college and get their perspective on the best things they did to prepare and what they wish they had known before auditioning/ selecting a college. Do you live near one of the schools you're interested in? If so, see if you can get a lesson with one of their teachers and ask what you'd need to do between now and the entrance auditions to get into their school. If you currently have a teacher, they should be able to give you this insight as well, but it never hurts to get more opinions and make connections where you want to be. I'd also recommend studying Italian as a language (German and French are also great, but if you can speak in Italian and have that on your resume, that will be excellent). To work out your nerves, sing the repertoire you want to sing at the audition in as many school and private recitals as you can. Where do you live? Perhaps there are good resources nearby to you. For instance, in LA, there's a singing actor workshop that you'll do an acting for singers class and you bring in your audition repertoire to polish. Acting is a huge part of opera, so take classes. I love improv classes too as that will help get you out of judgement of yourself more and into the truth of the scene or the song. If you tell me the nearest city to you, I can probably find some resources for you. Best of luck!
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Have you gone to an ENT? You should have a stroboscopy done to check your cords. What city do you live in? I may be able to recommend someone to go to as it sounds like either there's still damage or you're singing similarly to when you did have vocal issues, which could produce similar issues if you're not working with an ENT or at least a great technical teacher.
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I can't advise you on anything medical or illegal, so here's a link to some information: http://www.truthonpot.com/2013/01/27/does-marijuana-cause-lung-damage/And I'd never try anything new on a day that I'm singing.
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Hi Dale, I can't find the clip you're listening to. I looked it up on youtube and heard an orchestral march at the beginning and don't recognize it. Is there a timing on a clip you want me to listen to? Send me the link and time and I can check it out for you.
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