Classical Voice Training & Vocal Coaching
Individual coaching that brings technique, repertoire, artistry and performance together — from opera and classical song to zarzuela and musical theatre.
For working singers and emerging professionals.
Every voice is individual.
My aim is to help each singer develop a voice that is healthy, expressive and unmistakably their own.
Biography
Janice BAIRD
is one of today’s leading dramatic sopranos. It is above all with her powerful portrayals of the great Wagner and Strauss heroines that the attractive American has been brought to the eager attention of the international opera scene. An extremely gifted and intelligent singing actress, Miss Baird’s combination of vocal prowess and sensitive as well as expressive acting makes her one of the most powerful and intensely expressive performers on the operatic stage today.
Internationally praised as an extremely gifted and intelligent singing actress, Janice Baird is one of today’s leading dramatic sopranos worldwide. Baird’s combination of vocal prowess and sensitivity, as well as her expressive acting has made her one of the most powerful und intensely charismatic performers on the operatic stage.
Janice Baird’s has lead her around the world to opera houses such as Deutsche Opera Berlin, Berlin State Opera, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Montevideo, Sao Paolo, Semperoper Dresden, Grand Théâtre Genève, State Opera Hamburg, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico, Metropolitan Opera New York, Salzburg Festspiele, Bilbao, Sevilla, New National Theatre Tokyo, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro La Fenice Venezia, Teatro de dell’Opera Rome, Catania, Genoa, Palermo, Trieste, Verona, Vienna State Opera and Opernhaus Zürich, among many others.
She has also had the honor to work with numerous great conductors including: Marc Albrecht, Christoph von Dohnany, Daniele Gatti, Michael Gielen, Bernhard Haitink, Armin Jordan, Philippe Jordan, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Franz Welser-Möst, Kent Nagano, Donald Runnicles, Peter Schneider, Jeffrey Tate, Sebastian Weigle and Simone Young – as well as to work in inspiring productions including working wonderful directors like Robert Carsen, Claus Guth, Nicolas Joel, Peter Konwitschny, Martin Kusej, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Giancarlo del Monaco, David Pountney and Bob Wilson.
Baird’s most recent performances were ELEKTRA at Salzburg Festspiele, in Catania, Buenos Aires and the Deutsche Oper Berlin; FÄRBERIN at Opera House Zürich; TURANDOT and MINNIE with Teatro dell’Opera Roma and Teatro La Maestranza Sevilla; BRÜNNHILDE at Opera House Zürich, Seattle Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin; MARIE/Wozzeck at Teatro dell’Opera Roma, SALOME with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and ISOLDE at Oper Düsseldorf, Opera House Zürich and the Metropolitan Opera New York, ELEKTRA with State Opera of Wien, Opera Leipzig, ORTRUD at Rouen and Toulon and BRÜNNHILDE in Der Ring des Nibelungen at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Born in New York City, Janice was raised both in Europe and America, and speaks fluent German, English in addition to Spanish, Italian, and French. She currently lives in Andalucia, Spain.
Philosophy
The goal is not simply to sing beautifully. It is to communicate.
Passion & Technique
Every voice is individual.
I don’t believe in imposing one method or one sound on every singer. Good technique should make a singer more free, more secure and more expressive — not less individual.
My work begins with listening: to the voice, the body and the person. Together we identify what is getting in the way and find practical ways to make singing easier and more reliable.
Technique should serve expression
Technique is essential, but it is not the final goal. Singing has to communicate.
I want singers to understand what they are doing technically while remaining connected to the music, the text and the character.
A lesson should be a safe place to work
Singing is intensely personal. Progress requires concentration, honesty and trust. I teach with clarity, patience and respect.
My aim is not to create copies of myself. It is to help each singer develop a voice that is healthy, expressive and unmistakably their own.
I offer lessons in
German
English
Spanish.
Lessons
Consultation Lesson
I usually begin with a consultation lesson so that we have time to get to know each other, work together, and see whether we feel comfortable as teacher and singer. These first lessons normally last about 90 minutes.
We will talk about what you want from your singing and where you would like to go with it, then we will vocalize and work on some repertoire. This gives me a chance to hear how you use your voice and to get a sense of your technique, breathing, language, musical instincts and dramatic abilities. I can then give you my thoughts about your voice, repertoire and, where relevant, your professional plans and goals.
If we both feel that working together makes sense, regular lessons are usually one hour.
I now teach privately in Cádiz and work with singers in Rota, Jerez and Sevilla, as well as with students internationally online. I also continue to teach masterclasses and intensive courses in other cities and countries, including Vienna and Berlin.
I offer
Private Lessons
• Individual voice lessons and vocal coaching
• Coaching tailored to specific repertoire and projects
• Performance and audition coaching
• Career consultation
• Masterclasses
• Intensive one- and two-week courses
• Online lessons and coaching
**Lessons available in**
English • German • Spanish
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your future
Master Classes & Special Intensive Study Courses
I offer classical Master Classes from one to three days. By working in a small group of singers, participants can benefit from peer feedback, watching others work, and being in a performance situation that helps expand your ability to communicate onstage.
I also offer special intensive study courses in Berlin, Vienna, Southern Spain and around the world.
The course in Spain is a concentrated form of lessons and study in a small group, to prepare special projects (such as preparing a role, or for competitions or auditions) over a short period of time, usually a week to 10 days in a pleasant and relaxing setting, such as the beaches of Southern Spain.
Both of these classes help you prepare your repertoire under performing conditions, and will be made to fit precisely to your present needs, be it to prepare a role, repertoire for professional auditions, conservatory auditions, to polish your voice or work on a specific vocal problem.
If possible, and if in demand, we will conclude these classes with a small concert for a friendly audience of listeners, in order to really give you a full performance experience.
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My family story
Robert G. Baird
My story
I combine my years of singing experience on international opera stages performing along side the greatest singers of our time and some of the most important conductors with the unique experience of growing up in my father’s voice studio. Robert G. Baird was an important voice teacher in New York and I learned an enormous amount about the art of teaching voice through him, and by working in and observing his vocal studio. I have vast experience with all types of voices, with women, from lyric coloratura to dramatic mezzo and with men from bass to tenor. I have extensive experience working with singers of popular music, jazz and rock.
A voice becomes interesting when technique, imagination and something deeply personal come together.
My students
Most of my work has been with professional opera singers, and classical singing is still at the heart of what I teach. But I have never wanted the studio to be limited to opera. I enjoy working with musical-theatre singers, actors, young singers at the beginning of their training, and people who simply love to sing — whether they have professional ambitions or are perfectly happy singing in a chorus, at home, or in the shower. I also work with professional singers from many different genres, particularly when something has stopped working and they need help finding their way back to the voice they know is there.
Every singer is different. No two people have the same instrument, the same talents or the same problems, so I cannot imagine teaching everybody in the same way. I listen first. Then we work with the voice you actually have, not with some idea of what a singer is supposed to sound like. I want to help you find more freedom in your voice and body, a technique you can depend on, and the confidence to make your own musical and artistic decisions.
In the end, I don’t want you to need a teacher to tell you what to do every minute. I want you to understand your own voice, trust your own judgement, and become an independent singer and a free-thinking artist.
Lessons
I also offer lessons online
I give lessons in
English • German • Spanish
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Contact
Baird Vocal Studio
Rota / Costa Ballena, Cádiz · Andalucía, Spain
Online lessons available
Tel: +34 680 75 75 39 / +49 171 548 2499 also available on WhatsApp
Imprint
Janice Baird
Rota, Cádiz, Spain
janicenaird1@gmail.com
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