by Michael Mayer | Apr 3, 2012 | Testimonial
This is a testimonial from a professional soprano in London. We have worked together for three 2+ hour sessions. We had a break and now are starting back up again. I promise she is real, but her Manager advised that she not have her name published. I am totally OK...
by Michael Mayer | Mar 17, 2012 | Classical Singer, Singer Spotlight, Tenor
In recognition of St. Patrick’s Day I’ll highlight the most well-known Irish singer, tenor John McCormack. From Wikipedia: John Count McCormack, in full, John Francis Count McCormack (14 June 1884 – 16 September 1945) was a world-famous Irish tenor singer,...
by Michael Mayer | Mar 8, 2012 | Dark Resonance, Open Throat, Yawn
This is the title of a section from the book “Vocal Wisdom” that was my main inspiration into vocal research. It is an organized collection of quotes from lessons with Giovanni Battista Lamperti. It is interesting that even in that time (1891-1893) there...
by Michael Mayer | Jan 6, 2012 | Dark Resonance, Facial Resonance, Low Larynx, Open Throat, Video
My previous post stirred up quite a bit of activity. That’s great. Pretty much everybody who commented was of the opinion that the demonstration of how to sing opera was severely misguided. That is also a very good thing. But I want to go deeper into this topic...
by Michael Mayer | Dec 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
I received this story in a newsletter and wanted to share it. There is something inspiring in it, at least to me. Plus, it tells the story of how one of the most loved Christmas stories came to be. Hope everyone had a nice holiday....
by Michael Mayer | Dec 18, 2011 | Free Production, Natural Singing
I came across this on YouTube while looking at different vocal instruction videos. I’m just sampling what is out there because I’m working on launching a video instruction service. I saw the headline “How To Sing Opera – Lesson 1 – The...
