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Graduate Recital Repertoire

Graduate Recital Repertoire

Repertoire for graduate recitals for all voices

Elsa QueronJuly 16, 2023opera, french, melodie, francais, songs, graduate, recital, music, classical, voice, sing, soprano, mezzo, mezz-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, baryton, singing, poulenc, berlioz, ravel, milhaud, aboulker, delage, roussel, ropartz, debussy, honegger, satie, boulanger

When final nasals become open vowels

An additional diction subtlety to add to your palette.

Elsa QueronApril 10, 2022diction, diction coach, diction teacher, French coach, French opera, French diction coach, French, French song, French diction, sing, singer, music, classical, opera, opera singer, classical music, phonetic

Using Schwa in French

Using Schwa in French

The benefits of using [œ] resonance for the schwa in French.

The case of "Donc"

The case of "Donc"

The word “Donc” and the “License Poétique”

Elsa QueronMay 10, 2020opera, opera singer, French opera, French coach, French diction, French diction coach, French, Manhattan School of Music, Elsa Queron, singing, music, classical music, New York, sing, Donc

Translating the French in our scores… all of it!

Translating the French in our scores… all of it!

Elsa QueronMarch 7, 2020French, translate, translation, score, music, opera, scores, classical, help, markings, Elsa Queron, Elsa, Manhattan School of Music, French diction coach, coach, teacherComment