Cynthia Erivo

I had a really lovely teacher at Rada. It was Philip. He was just... He was wonderful, actually. I will say that my singing teacher at Brada, we're all sort of assigned a singing teacher. Most of us, because we've never sung before, um... So we can learn about what that is and learn how to connect the singing voice and the singing breath with the speaking voice and the speaking breath.

I had a really lovely teacher at Rada. It was Philip. He was just... He was wonderful, actually. I will say that my singing teacher at Brada, we're all sort of assigned a singing teacher. Most of us, because we've never sung before, um... So we can learn about what that is and learn how to connect the singing voice and the singing breath with the speaking voice and the speaking breath.

So we don't differentiate the two so far apart that we're afraid of one of them because they're sort of one and the same. And I think that because I was already in tune with my singing voice, what Philip did with me was encourage me to try new things. try more. So he would have me singing arias from Othello.

So we don't differentiate the two so far apart that we're afraid of one of them because they're sort of one and the same. And I think that because I was already in tune with my singing voice, what Philip did with me was encourage me to try new things. try more. So he would have me singing arias from Othello.

So we don't differentiate the two so far apart that we're afraid of one of them because they're sort of one and the same. And I think that because I was already in tune with my singing voice, what Philip did with me was encourage me to try new things. try more. So he would have me singing arias from Othello.

So we don't differentiate the two so far apart that we're afraid of one of them because they're sort of one and the same. And I think that because I was already in tune with my singing voice, what Philip did with me was encourage me to try new things. try more. So he would have me singing arias from Othello.

So we don't differentiate the two so far apart that we're afraid of one of them because they're sort of one and the same. And I think that because I was already in tune with my singing voice, what Philip did with me was encourage me to try new things. try more. So he would have me singing arias from Othello.

I was comfortable classical music was sort of a love of mine and then when I went to drama school my voice was already sort of ready to try that and it's the same whilst I was doing The Color Purple my singing teacher June

I was comfortable classical music was sort of a love of mine and then when I went to drama school my voice was already sort of ready to try that and it's the same whilst I was doing The Color Purple my singing teacher June

I was comfortable classical music was sort of a love of mine and then when I went to drama school my voice was already sort of ready to try that and it's the same whilst I was doing The Color Purple my singing teacher June

I was comfortable classical music was sort of a love of mine and then when I went to drama school my voice was already sort of ready to try that and it's the same whilst I was doing The Color Purple my singing teacher June

I was comfortable classical music was sort of a love of mine and then when I went to drama school my voice was already sort of ready to try that and it's the same whilst I was doing The Color Purple my singing teacher June

Joan Lader, rather, who's wonderful, she would give me classical music or opera to sing, because she said that the best way to allow my voice to be open enough to sing what I was singing on stage was to just try something that was totally opposite to it. So you weren't taxing your voice the same way the entire time. You were just sort of opening it up and exercising it, but not stressing it.

Joan Lader, rather, who's wonderful, she would give me classical music or opera to sing, because she said that the best way to allow my voice to be open enough to sing what I was singing on stage was to just try something that was totally opposite to it. So you weren't taxing your voice the same way the entire time. You were just sort of opening it up and exercising it, but not stressing it.

Joan Lader, rather, who's wonderful, she would give me classical music or opera to sing, because she said that the best way to allow my voice to be open enough to sing what I was singing on stage was to just try something that was totally opposite to it. So you weren't taxing your voice the same way the entire time. You were just sort of opening it up and exercising it, but not stressing it.

Joan Lader, rather, who's wonderful, she would give me classical music or opera to sing, because she said that the best way to allow my voice to be open enough to sing what I was singing on stage was to just try something that was totally opposite to it. So you weren't taxing your voice the same way the entire time. You were just sort of opening it up and exercising it, but not stressing it.

Joan Lader, rather, who's wonderful, she would give me classical music or opera to sing, because she said that the best way to allow my voice to be open enough to sing what I was singing on stage was to just try something that was totally opposite to it. So you weren't taxing your voice the same way the entire time. You were just sort of opening it up and exercising it, but not stressing it.

I'll do one of the first things I did, um, at secondary school, actually, because we'd always do sort of like the end of year, um, like choral show. And, um, this one year we decided to do, uh, Rutter Requiem, the Rutter Requiem by John Rutter. Um, And I was asked to sing P.A. There's a version of P.A. Yesu for the Gianratto Requiem, and it's very special.

I'll do one of the first things I did, um, at secondary school, actually, because we'd always do sort of like the end of year, um, like choral show. And, um, this one year we decided to do, uh, Rutter Requiem, the Rutter Requiem by John Rutter. Um, And I was asked to sing P.A. There's a version of P.A. Yesu for the Gianratto Requiem, and it's very special.

I'll do one of the first things I did, um, at secondary school, actually, because we'd always do sort of like the end of year, um, like choral show. And, um, this one year we decided to do, uh, Rutter Requiem, the Rutter Requiem by John Rutter. Um, And I was asked to sing P.A. There's a version of P.A. Yesu for the Gianratto Requiem, and it's very special.