THE ART OF BEL CANTO

PAULINE VIARDOT-GARCIA

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I’m DANIEL SHIGO, a voice teacher, a miner in pedagogical gold, and an author. I was paid to play onstage with the New York City Opera and Metropolitan Opera for twenty-three seasons and had the time of my life.

I have great confidence in the effectiveness of traditional singing methods and firmly believe in passing on that knowledge to my students.

I provide expert training using the techniques of the classical Italian song school. My teachings are based on the methods of renowned masters Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Manuel Garcia, and Francesco Lamperti, as passed down by their esteemed student, Anna Eugénie Schoen-René.

The Oracle of Paris, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, daughter of the Romantic tenor Manuel Garcia, sister to Maria Malibran, and brother to Manuel Garcia, the Father of Voice Science, holding court in a Paris park with her student and companion Mathilde de Nogueiras.

“I did not change one iota of the Garcia’s teachings. Why would I? It cannot be improved upon!”

— ANNA EUGÉNIE SCHOEN-RENE

Find your voice using the Bel Canto vocal technique. Sing with exceptional style, ease, and beauty, and share your unique gift with the world.

“Daniel is top-notch and a consummate professional. He represents one of the most heralded voice-teaching legacies ever known. His teaching skills are of the highest order.”

HARRY MUSSLEWHITE, SENIOR EMERITUS LECTURER, BERRY COLLEGE

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“After 28 years of singing professionally with the Metropolitan Opera Chorus with a solid and dependable technique, I contracted Covid and burst a blood vessel on a vocal fold. As you can imagine, this was devastating to me. Daniel patiently and generously offered me his wealth of knowledge about the human voice after I got the all-clear from my ENT. After a few lessons, I was back on track to singing joyfully and without worry. I'm so grateful and wholeheartedly recommend Daniel for every level of vocal study.”

REBECCA CARVIN, MEZZO-SOPRANO, METROPOLITAN OPERA

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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Hermann Klein Phono-Vocal Method Based upon the Famous School of Manuel Garcia

Lost Teachings of the Father of Voice Science

Introduction by Daniel James Shigo

“I’ve gotten so much from Daniel’s teaching. Cabaret performers want their singing to be all about their feelings, but the sound of the voice also affects people emotionally. You can still communicate that emotion while producing correctly. Being able to express myself through a proper technique has made a big difference.”

JEFF MACAULEY, TENOR, MAC AWARD WINNER FOR MALE VOCALIST

Historically rich and passionately told, Macauley's shows feel like the product of a golden age: indulgent and enticing. — BroadwayWorld.com

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This curated catalog has 203 texts spanning 250 years. It includes Vocal Wisdom: Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti (1931) by William Earl Brown, Exercises pour la voix (1835) by Manuel García, Lost Vocal Art and its Restoration (1914) by William W Shaw, and The Bel Canto (1923) by Herman Klein.

The work you have done to collect these many rare treatises is truly commendable and priceless, and someone should offer you an honorary doctorate. I can’t say it enough: teachers and singers should read many of these rare resources and read them without their own inflection. We would have a better world of singing as a result.”

—Tyson Deaton, conductor, collaborative pianist.

“Daniel Shigo truly knows his stuff. His knowledge of Bel Canto's master teachings that create a tone that serves the music is rare—a knowledge bolstered with experience in Alfred Tomatis' method. Daniel is persistent, unambiguous, demanding, and kind—and has a wealth to offer anyone interested in exploring the old school of operatic singing.”

JULIA ROLWING, SOPRANO, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF VOICE, MONTCLAIR & KEAN UNIVERSITY

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