Meet the Man Behind the On-Screen Singing of Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet and Angelina Jolie: Vocal Coach Eric Vetro
variety.comA.D. Amorosi Ariana Grande in “Wicked,” Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown” and Angelina Jolie in “Maria”: What these performances have in common – besides a strong shot at Oscar nominations – is the man who coached each of their voices to their highest highs: esteemed Los Angeles vocal coach Eric Vetro.
Vetro has been down this award-winning yellow brick road before with singers and actors, particularly through musical biographies.
Along with coaching Renée Zellweger to Oscar victory as Judy Garland in “Judy,” and Hugh Jackman to a Tony win as Peter Allen in “The Boy from Oz,” Vetro worked with Austin Butler on his Oscar-nominated turn as “Elvis” and Riley Keough on her Emmy-nommed role in “Daisy Jones & the Six.” Currently, Vetro is coaching Jeremy Allen White for his Bruce Springsteen “Nebraska”-era biopic “Deliver Me from Nowhere” and, beyond that, KJ Apa as Sublime singer Bradley Nowell in a still-unnamed film.To portray such iconic artists, Vetro has one rule. “Our goal is finding the essence of that person – inhabiting them – and bringing that alive without imitation,” says Coach Eric from his L.A.
home studio.For this vocal coach and voice teacher, bringing non-fiction and fictional characters to life through song is job number one.Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in “La La Land?” Vetro.
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