Kolonits Klára During the master class in Győr, we didn’t only work with the students on opera arias. Elvira is preparing to be an operetta singer, so we chose Marica’s entrance for our work together. Even if she claims to be more of a soubrette deep down in her soul, … Read more
Kolonits Klára In the Győr series we already met Alexa – now she will sing Gounod’s Marguerite for us. This piece is a great example on how you can and should use the orchestral introduction to prepare your entrance. Alexa’s big, dark voice deals surprisingly well with the aria’s ornaments … Read more
Klára Kolonits It’s Konstanze time! I first learned Konstanze for a jump in, in 2013 – and in 2019/2020 season it is the role I sang most. How did I study? What difficulties I found in the arias and what techniques helped me in working them out?
Klára Kolonits In our Mozart series we arrived to the Entführung aus dem Serail stop. In the first part registered during Győr Master Class, I’m working with Rebeka on Blonde’s aria. In this difficult piece, the position and the muscle tone are incredibly important. Quick tempo, dense lyrics, constantly high … Read more
Klára Kolonits What is the secret of the Queen of the Night? Why do more and more Königins show up at rocket speed, and why is it so frequent of them to retreat from the throne just as suddenly, even though the high F clearly doesn’t cause them problems and … Read more
Klára Kolonits “The most difficult aria in the world”, Der hölle Rache from the second act of Magic Flute. Full of high Fs and dramatic expression, it’s usually the area of the most daring high sopranos. The difficulties are different than in the Queen’s first aria, from certain point of … Read more
Klára Kolonits If Mozart and coloratura singing, then the highlight is, of course, the Queen of the Night! We will work on both arias in detail but I will also reveal why I set aside the Queen’s crown and I don’t sing the role onstage, saying no to the most … Read more
Klára Kolonits Norbert’s voice range surprised me already during the warm up. So far, he has been singing mostly baritone pieces – although he claims himself he falls more into the “lazy tenor” category. We continued the work with one of the most famous pieces from Bánk Bán, the Drinking … Read more
Klára Kolonits Jumps-ins play a significant role in the singer’s career. If someone is a good at them, the news quickly spreads in the theatre circles. From my own experience, a phone ringing suddenly can mean pretty much anything. Of course, the most common one a request to do a … Read more
Klára Kolonits We often hear the saying that if one sings Mozart well, they can sing anything well. Of course, this is an oversimplification, different roles require different vocal parametres and vocal techniques, but there is also truth in it – be it Wagner or Verdi, or Puccini as in … Read more