Pristine Operatic Textures for Your Music

Sweetwater prompts you to consider, if you haven't already, the benefits operatic textures can bring to your music. Featuring the vocals of Larisa Martinez (soprano with Andrea Bocelli) and Carlton Moe (tenor, Phantom of the Opera), EastWest Voices of Opera is ideal for any composer looking to add pristine operatic sound to their productions. Voices of Opera is a 40GB collection of 229 multi-sampled vocal instruments for both Soprano and Tenor, spanning various categories that include Sustain, Staccato, Legato, and Combo, as well as performances of specific Italian Words and dozens of Phrases in different keys. As a bonus, you also get nine Keyswitch instruments that combine multiple articulations and use key switches to activate your desired articulations.

Multiple mic positions

Voices of Opera benefits from the same pristine recording techniques and rare vintage tube mics that make all EastWest products sound so rich and detailed. Multiple mic positions for Front, Rear, and Room let you create your ideal mix and ambience. For the Front mic EastWest used a Telefunken 251, a legendary vocal mic that captures incredible warmth and detail. For duet phrases, a Neumann U67 was added to capture the sound of both vocalists. The Rear includes a pair of vintage Cole 4038s that add more depth and dimensionality to your mix. The Room mix includes a Decca tree with a Neumann M50 and a pair of AKG C12 outriggers, replicating a popular mic setup used for orchestral recordings. All the recordings were made in the fabulous acoustics of world-famous EastWest Studios, Hollywood.

The glorious soprano of Larisa Martinez

Larisa Martinez has established a strong and unique presence in the opera world. Having performed with star tenor Andrea Bocelli as the principal soprano on his world tour, Ms. Martinez is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition PR district 2016, where she also received the Angel Ramos Foundation Award and Audience Prize. She has garnered rave reviews as Musetta in Loft Opera’s critically acclaimed production of La Bohéme and for her other leading roles in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Rossini’s Adina, Floyd’s Susannah, and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Carlton Moe, the “ardent tenor”

Proclaimed as an “ardent tenor” by the New York Times, Carlton Moe is well-known for his role as Ubaldo Piangi in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show on Broadway. Mr. Moe’s opera credits include Lakmé (Gerald), I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Tebaldo), The Mother of Us All (John Adams), Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth (Malcolm), and Roméo et Juliette (Tybalt). He has also performed as a soloist in major works such as Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah.

EastWest Voices of Opera Virtual Instrument Features:

Featuring Larisa Martinez (soprano) and Carlton Moe (tenor)

40GB collection of 229 multi-sampled vocal instruments for Soprano and Tenor

Sustain: 10 instruments consisting of single-syllable vowels

Staccato: 32 instruments with a variety of short, single syllables

Legato: 4 instruments that play back true legato intervals up to an octave in either direction

Combo: 8 instruments that combine multiple articulations into a single instrument with Mod Wheel or Round Robin programming

Words: 42 instruments with performances of specific Italian words mapped chromatically across your keyboard

Phrases: 36 phrases and 84 sub-phrases from popular opera arias by Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, and more

Keyswitch: 9 instruments that combine multiple articulations and use key switches to activate desired articulations

NKS compatible; comes with PLAY 6

iLok account required, dongle optional

Software Type: Opera Voices

Platform: Mac, PC

Upgrade/Full: Full

Download/Boxed: Download

Bit Depth: 64-bit

Format: AAX Native, VST, AU, Standalone

Authorization Type: iLok Account

Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.7GHz or higher, 8GB RAM minimum, SSD drive

Hardware Requirements - PC: Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Dual Core 2.7GHz or higher, 8GB RAM minimum, SSD drive

OS Requirements - Mac: OS X 10.8.5 or later, EastWest Play

OS Requirements - PC: Windows 7 SP1 or later, EastWest Play