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
