Opera Singing Warm-Up Routine

This is exactly how I warm up my voice before any performance or important rehearsal. Use these when you need to be at your absolute best singing-wise. They help me immensely with each opera role I perform.

Make sure to take your time with each step because it's about singing them correctly than getting through them.

I owe a big thank you to my voice teachers for the inspiring me over the years, especially Marlena Malas.

[rickvanweelden]

I can't believe how well this worked; it is like magic. I have been drinking tea, sucking on tablets, deep breathing until I am blue, napping before and after my usual exercises and nothing has achieved what I got out of this video. I sang a solo today and heads popped up.

[jayjcaruncho]

Hooooly smokes I just did this entire warmup today throughout the day like you said and today is easily the best I've EVER sung and the most free my voice has EVER been. I owe you a billion dollars.

[laurenphantom]

Rock singer here. These opera warm-ups are so great though! Great for projecting my voice, and breath control.

[insanecrazy]

I’m a young opera singer and this HELPED SO MUCH THANKS

[CamoflaugeDinosaue]

I get the feeling people tend to like you in real life

[parkminjuntv]

This video saved me. I had problems with finding my natural timbre, so i didn’t know how to sing consistently with same color. In fact, i am doing this everyday and i just had been three days but a lot of thing changed and made my singing easier. Thank you Mr. Meachem, i hope one day i get to see you.

[kimberlyespinosa]

This helped so much with tongue tension, especially the cue to keep the tongue down behind the back teeth. Huge difference!! Thank you 🙏🏻

[tesfuweldemikael]

Good, I didn't know I had such stunning falsetto.

And neither did my neighbours.

[victoriazajchowski]

Thanks so much for sharing. Many people do not appreciate how important a warm up is! Brilliant!

[justsplendacious]

Thank you so much for sharing! In the last year, I graduated with a degree in vocal performance just after the virus really start to spread. I missed out on having the big recital, experiencing an abroad program, and graduating and got bummed out and kinda stopped singing. I'm pulling my life back together and am so grateful I found your warm-up routine! My voice feels great! Open, more flexible, and brighter (I'm the dark sound who needs to come forward, haha). All-in-all, your warm-up is helping me get back in shape and improve my technique, and combat issues as well. Again, thank you!

[baritonebynight]

I love it when world class singers share their tips with the rest of us. After having the pleasure of singing and speaking with several world class singers (I ain't one of 'em....yet...) many use lip trills and other similar warms up demonstrated here. Now its almost a ritual for me not only to get the voice working but put me in place mentally. I use it before I have to sing anything. I don't even go to my voice lesson before i do this. Thanks again Lucas...you rock!!!

[alingib]

Though the picture shows a guy (my partner) I am a soprano. This is like my warm-ups and the way I was taught to practise and test out the voice, that I had to Google you and see if, by chance you'd ever studied with my teacher ! This is the best video I've seen on showing how to practise.... and I've looked at a few ! I love your singing. All power, man !

[redeo]

As one of Marlena Malas's last students, seeing how much of the technique she taught being used by famous singers brings me so much joy.

[giorgiojvladiqt]

I AM A TENOR, AND I THINK, YOU ARE A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT BARITON.

[bernardfield]

you're amazing. thank you so much. i'm in my 60's and was more or less giving up on my voice but now i sound 20yrs younger! thank you again.

[TheForestSinger]

This is truly the best advice I've gotten as a singer. Bits of pieces of things I've heard throughout my training but never put together like this, thank you.

[vjawam]

Thank you. We really never stop needing and/or searching for quality warm-ups, then finding in our craziness, Master classes and historical clips such that our online collections rival the National Archives...so, thank you, this was both informative and enjoyable. And a critter lover, too. It was as if I was learning from a friend...finally. Thank you.

[juanjosegutierrezportugal]

Dear maestro...in life ...we have to thank people like you...i have added to my routine your exercises...and are wonderful...God bless you always...this is very but very very helpful...bravo bravo

[LisetteOropesaSoprano]

Omg I cannot lip trill. For the life of me, I have tried for years and just can’t do it! Lol

[teresahankgomez]

Finally someone who understands me....Lip trills are life!! Love from Germany