Schubert, the German ü and snow in Seattle

GVAI’s German Operetta and Opera workshop is up and running and we have lots of fun improving the German diction in the arias with the goal to sound like a German native singer.
 
I cannot tell you how wonderful it is, (Sometimes I get goosebumps.) when a singer finally gets the sound right and I have the feeling I am at home teaching German singers. This is such a rewarding experience and makes everybody satisfied and confident in the work together. I even get lost and continue my instruction in German instead of in English and then, of course, we laugh a lot. 

I want to start a series of blog posts today in which I want to make sure, you also can avoid very common mistakes singers make when singing in German. 

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