the correct pronunciations and stresses. they have got to look at the conductor for cues, and they must also act the part. between the performances i speak to benjamin at his home in paris. we have a tonne of things to do on stage. we have to fall in love, we have to lose our beloved ones, we have to die. we have to get out of the stage, we have to fall, we have to get hurt, stabbed, we have so many things that we have to be ready for and convincing at. the person benjamin regards as his mentor is his former vocal coach carrie ann matheson. she accompanies him on the piano at a recent recital that was streamed live.
carrie ann is now artistic director at san francisco opera centre. benjamin has one of the most distinctive and beautiful voices that i have ever heard. somehow you can hear his soul through his voice. it has got this raw intensity, and yet incredibly flexible. i consider carrie ann matheson my coach, but also my ears because she is one of the people in the opera world that knows my voice the best. what was it about squashing a mosquito that she would tell you? it was about finishing a phrase on a vowel, for example, and not closing my mouth. the music should continue after they have finished singing, and sometimes the release of the note is abrupt, and it sounds like the sound just goes bang, like that. so that s our shorthand for saying don t kill the mosquito, please.
they have got to look at the conductor for cues, and they must also act the part. between the performances i speak to benjamin at his home in paris. we have a tonne of things to do on stage. we have to fall in love, we have to lose our beloved ones, we have to die. we have to get out of the stage, we have to fall, we have to get hurt, stabbed, we have so many things that we have to be ready for and convincing at. the person benjamin regards as his mentor is his former vocal coach carrie ann matheson. she accompanies him on the piano at a recent recital that was streamed live.
and yet incredibly flexible. i consider carrie ann matheson my coach, but also my ears because she is one of the people in the opera world that knows my voice the best. what was it about squashing a mosquito that she would tell you? it was about finishing a phrase on a vowel, for example, and not closing my mouth. the music should continue after they have finished singing, and sometimes the release of the note is abrupt, and it sounds like the sound just goes bang, like that. so that s our shorthand for saying don t kill the mosquito, please.
i consider carrie ann matheson my coach, but also my ears because she is one of the people in the opera world that knows my voice the best. what was it about squashing a mosquito that she would tell you? it was about finishing a phrase on a vowel, for example, and not closing my mouth. the music should continue after they have finished singing, and sometimes the release of the note is abrupt, and it sounds like the sound just goes bang, like that. so that s our shorthand for saying don t kill the mosquito, please.