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Saturday Sep 23, 2017
Saturday Sep 23, 2017
This week, Mirko Roschkowski is with us to discuss the first song in Die schöne Müllerin, "Das Wandern". We talk about how to handle strophic texts, as well as long and short vowels and the different possible pronunciations of R. This week’s Diction Lesson on the Facebook page also covered the topic of R, so please check that out, too!
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
Saturday Sep 16, 2017
Saturday Sep 16, 2017
Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.
In Diction Tip #19, Dr. François Germain discusses the pronunciation of double consonants in French Diction.
For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
In this episode, Jason Nedecky and I work our way through the text to Handel’s "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Messiah, talking about the letter 'L', a little bit about glottals, and when to knowingly break the rules of lyric diction!
The NY Times article that I mentioned, entitled "In Handel's 'Messiah', the trumpet as divine agent" is available here.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
In this episode, Jason Nedecky and I work our way through the text to Handel’s "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Messiah, talking about the letter 'L', a little bit about glottals, and when to knowingly break the rules of lyric diction!
The NY Times article that I mentioned, entitled "In Handel's 'Messiah', the trumpet as divine agent" is available here.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
Saturday Sep 02, 2017
Saturday Sep 02, 2017
Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.
In Diction Tip #18, Bernhard Hansky talks about the possible pronunciations of the combination 'ng' in German Diction.
For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!
Sunday Aug 27, 2017
Sunday Aug 27, 2017
Happy Spielzeit! With the new school year/opera season upon us, it's time for some new episodes! This is the audio version of this episode--a full video tutorial is also available.
In Episode 97, Dr. François Germain leads us through the text to "Va, laisse couler mes larmes" from Werther, focusing on bright A, a little bit about nasal vowels, and a lot of subtext on this aria. For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
Sunday Aug 27, 2017
Sunday Aug 27, 2017
Happy Spielzeit! With the new school year/opera season upon us, it's time for some new episodes!
In Episode 97, Dr. François Germain leads us through the text to "Va, laisse couler mes larmes" from Werther, focusing on bright A, a little bit about nasal vowels, and a lot of subtext on this aria. For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
Saturday May 20, 2017
Saturday May 20, 2017
In Episode 96, Dr. François Germain works through the text to Debussy’s "Nuit d’étoiles" with us, talking about the French schwa and when it’s not pronounced, the various combinations of 'ie', and a little on liaisons and elision. There are two versions of this episode—the full video tutorial or the audio version for people prefer to listen to podcasts while they’re out and about. This is the last episode before summer break--we'll be back with all new episodes on Aug 26, 2017!
In the meantime, for all of The Diction Police podcasts, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday May 20, 2017
Saturday May 20, 2017
In Episode 96, Dr. François Germain works through the text to Debussy’s "Nuit d’étoiles" with us, talking about the French schwa and when it’s not pronounced, the various combinations of 'ie', and a little on liaisons and elision. This is the last episode before summer break--we'll be back with all new episodes on Aug 26, 2017!
In the meantime, for all of The Diction Police podcasts, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.
Monday May 15, 2017
Monday May 15, 2017
Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.
In Diction Tip #17, Bernhard Hansky discusses the pronunciation of the "er-" prefix (which also includes "ver-", "zer-"), and how to handle the letter 'r' in this prefix.
For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!