May 24, 2013

This is me, Daniel Johanson, singing the first song from Brahms’ Vier ernste gesange. I don’t know if I’ve ever directly posted a video of me singing on this blog, and I haven’t been regularly posting for a while, but his birthday was a little while back and I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now. Let me know what you think. I named my fish after Brahms, and he’s  been pretty close to dying for the past week, so this is also in honor of him. 

I’m going to graduate school in the Fall after I do a study abroad in Italy. This recording is from a fundraiser recital my close friend and I did for the program in Italy. 

The link to the entire Brahms’ playlist is here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ZA25QsFkwuIUsUxHs-0ueQZZJD_-5Eq

The link to the website for the entire fundraiser recital is here: www.danielandbensfundraiserrecital.weebly.com

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(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: opera singing art brahms 
May 13, 2013

What do you think about the practice of using non-asian actors to portray geishas in productions of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly?

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(Notes: 4)
  
Filed under: opera 
May 13, 2013
Voice teacher: *Sings Queen of the Night Aria*
Voice teacher: Sorry, I haven't warmed up yet.
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(Notes: 67)
  
April 26, 2013
Sometimes I feel pretentious for loving opera

soylahenia:

And then I’m like

I love opera

Oh look, opera

I love that shit

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(Notes: 26)
  
April 26, 2013
operaqueen: Maria Callas recording Carmen in Paris, 1964.

operaqueen:

Maria Callas recording Carmen in Paris, 1964.

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(Notes: 39)
  
April 26, 2013

The breath is the life force of the voice. Let it flow freely in and out, like the waves of the ocean, never stopping, always flowing.

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(Notes: 10)
  
Filed under: opera singing breath 
April 25, 2013
What Happened To Opera?

When you weren’t looking…we changed some things.

A well- written article that’s been floating around, for those of you that have been sleeping on opera.

(Source: j-d-k)

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(Notes: 6)
  
April 25, 2013

If you really wish to sing, you have to commit to the voice, and most importantly, the tone.

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(Notes: 17)
  
Filed under: opera singing voice 
April 25, 2013

A good thing to remember when breathing is that there is always air in the lungs, you don’t have to create tension by overstressing the breath.

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(Notes: 8)
  
Filed under: opera 
April 25, 2013
People who think Andrea Bocelli is a real singer make me question my commitment to pacifism.

I know that feel

(Source: therealjamesjoyce)

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(Notes: 8)