Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. In this section, he leads a question-and-answer session which addresses many aspects of singing and the life of a professional operatic performer, such as proper breathing technique, tips for building drama, how to overcome nerves, and whether it’s possible to balance work and family life as a working opera singer.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. In this clip, he advises a student in how to make his physical stage performance match the intensity of his vocal performance. Part 1 of 6.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. In this clip, he advises a student in how to handle oneself on stage, and how to manage the trick of keeping an audience captivated by your performance. Part 2 of 6.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. In this clip, he advises a student on controlling his breathing in order to pace his performance for maximum dramatic effect. Part 3 of 6.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. In this clip, he advises a student in how to inhabit the character one is portraying. Part 4 of 6.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. In this clip, we see student Kate Fleming give a performance of an aria from Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment, which Anthony deems a perfect example of expressive histrionics in opera. Part 5 of 6.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. In this clip, he advises a student in how to handle oneself on stage, how to enunciate to fill a concert hall, and how to mentally anticipate high notes so as to hit them perfectly when you actually sing them. Part 6 of 6.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, leads a master class in singing opera at Loyola University, New Orleans. As six students perform, Anthony advises them in vocal technique and stagecraft, offering advice in such areas as how to captivate an audience, how to use your breath to create or enhance the dramatic pacing of your aria, how to move and act on stage, and how to mentally deal with the challenge of performing in front of a packed house.

Charles Anthony, a tenor in his fifty-third season with New York’s Metropolitan Opera, tells an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans the story of how he became a singer, and responds to audience questions about the technique, practice, and history of singing opera.