Episode 47

This week finishes off a series of episodes on many of the arias from Le nozze di Figaro. Coach Matteo Pais walks us through "E Susanna non vien... Dove sono" and "Bravo signor padrone... Se vuol ballare", focusing on open and closed E and O in every position. Opernführer has the libretto for Le nozze di Figaro (remember to click on libretto and then I for Italian!). For "Dove sono", scroll down to Recit and Aria No. 20 in the third act, and "Se vuol ballare" starts with the recit just before Cavatina No. 3 close to the beginning. Here is the Wikipedia article on Italian language, in case you want to read a little about the acute accent (´) and the circumflex accent (^) in Italian, just click on Writing System in the Contents box and it will take you there immediately. The other resources I mentioned in this episode are the Jillians Michaels podcast, The Collaborative Piano Blog (a must-read for coaches and very useful for everyone!), the book Talent is Overrated and a website devoted to learning better study habits called Study Hacks. Much of the research on the habits of elite performers refer to a study done with the students at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. Happy Thanksgiving! Ellen