Soprano
Let the Music of the Language
release you and your audience
into the music itself.
German Opera,
Art Song
and
Viennese Operetta
Viennese composers
were intimately familiar with
Viennese dialect.
Get close to the cadence and melody of the language
spoken by the composers themselves,
and LET the VINTAGE VIENNESE DIALECT that informed their compositions
SING THE MUSIC.
"Monica brings the cadences of the old Viennese pronunciation to the songs of the Viennese composers. Just as when Shakespeare is performed in original pronunciation, the songs become witness to the time and place they were written, revealing meaning and subtleties, creating a stronger and more authentic emotional impact."
Lehar, Strauss J., Strauss R., Benatsky, Stolz, Korngold and more.
VIENNESE
OPERETTA and ART SONG
STYLE and DICTION COACHING
Have you noticed
how hard singers work while singing German
and
that even "correct" sung German
is often hard to understand?
" Monica goes beyond the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) pronunciation and gets to the natural melody of the language to make sung German understandable and have immediate meaning".
LEARN how to
use the MUSIC OF THE LANGUAGE
TO RELEASE yourself and your audience INTO
THE MUSIC ITSELF.
Wagner, Gluck, Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Mozart, R. Strauss
and more
Schmerzen
GERMAN
LIED and OPERA
STYLE and DICTION COACHING
We had a 1 hour in person lesson…
I was just cast as Fraulein Schneider in a production of Cabaret. I am replacing someone and the cast is off book and in full rehearsal. They want me to sing a section of a song in German. My German is very weak.
Monica…the accent was perfect! On our second night, a man came up to my Herr Schultz after the show and told him that I had the perfect Berlin accent! He wanted to know if I was German! Thank you so much.
— E. Butler, Actor
If you’re passionate about making German texts sing out as much as the melodies do -
I invite you to
Set up an in person, internet or telephone Coaching tailored to your objectives.