Capucine Chiaudani

Vocal Freedom Milestones for Operatic Athletes of the Voice

Chapter 2: Alignment & Muscular support

What you will find in this course?

Part 1

  • Sportlers of the voice
  • Work little but often
  • Conscious responsible singer
  • The power of repetition
  • A living instrument
  • Create your instrument
  • Vocal technique & muscular memory
  • Economic, healthy, reliable singing
  • Cultivate your ear
  • Muscular action anticipates the sound
  • Inhale, hold, sing
  • Don’t overbreathe

Part 2

  • Breath managers
  • The adduction: 3 kinds of onsets
  • Resisting the air
  • The silent siren: the yoga of the voice
  • Little and often to conquer mountains
  • High does not mean loud
  • Flexibility & agility
  • Rossini vocalize
  • Keep your voice young through runs

Part 3

  • Sing on the air, not with the air
  • The golden balance: work & flexibility
  • Constriction & Retraction
  • The posture
  • Open your solar plexus
  • Breath just enough
  • Clear tone & adduction
  • Check your vocal folds closure
  • Be well aligned

Part 4

  • Proper alignment obligatory in opera
  • Muscular support: which one?
  • Maneuvers for neck/head support
  • Impact on our instrument
  • The muscular engagement of the back

Part 5

  • From conscious training to unconscious beautiful singing
  • Vocal technique: our automatic pilot
  • The back: the power of a singer
  • Back support and maneuvers
  • Breath control

Part 6

  • Abdominal muscles and related muscles
  • Feel your back
  • Lean against your back
  • Sustaining the work muscularly: when, what
  • Posture & alignment influences the breath & tone
  • Resisting constantly the air

About Capucine Chiaudani:

Capucine Chiaudani is an internationally acclaimed soprano and vocal coach with years of experience helping singers from all over the world improve their voices. Her teaching focuses on practical, easy-to-understand techniques that deliver real results. 

She performed main dramatic Soprano roles in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Holland, Belgium as: Tosca, Boheme, Forza del destino, Medea, Otello, Fedra, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, Cosi’ fan tutte, ecc.
Collaborations as Guest Professor:

  • Liceu Conservatory Barcelona
  • Frankfurt University of the Arts
  • University of the Arts Bern,
  • Swiss Opernstudio Biel
  • Lyric Opera Studio Weimar
  • Opernakademie Henfenfeld
  • Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy New York
  • Mosf Mediterranean Opera Studio
  • M Institute for the Arts Washington
  • Accademia Europea di Musica Erba (Italy)
  • First world-recording of the Opera Fedra of J.Simon Mayr for Oehms Classics
  • Belgrade Nation al Opera House
  • Klassikwettbewerbasel in Tokyo