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Reply to comment by Zmirzlina in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera
Good question! She is singing the part as a baritone, not up the octave. Amazingly, for years now, she has been crafting that part of her voice and developing resonance down in those lower ranges. Opera is theater, so anyone can play anyone if they have the voice for it!
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Reply to comment by courtney2222 in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera
I would listen to Carmen, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Boheme and La Traviata to begin. Those are the staples of the opera world. Pieces that will never get old and whose stories are timeless. Check it out!
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Reply to comment by Turan_dot_com in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera
Well. It’s funny how the movies portrays classical music lovers as warped insane people…think Hannibal Lecter! He had different ideas for a dinner menu!i
i would do anything to have Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini (he was a great cook) and Puccini (among others) at my table. Pasta alla Rossini would start, then a nice Wiener Schnizel! Lots of vino for Puccini.
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Reply to comment by EthanWS6 in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera
My mom would sing to me as a kid, and then my parents kept playing opera and classical music. I fell in love!
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Reply to comment by redditsonodddays in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera
There are composition programs in many universities all over the country and all over the world. If the university near you has a music division, chances are that they will have a composition class. Or you can take lessons with an individual established composer who has experience in opera.