When I worked at Chorus America, I spent a lot of time around choruses and talking to them about their pressing issues. I have sung in more choruses than I can count (not true, I am just too lazy to count them), and there are a few issues that spring eternal. One issue was the […]
Category Archives: Opera
The Benefits of an Opera Voice
Those of you with current or former babies know that they can lie there and just scream for hours on end. And I mean scream! How is this possible? If you tried to personally scream as loud and as long as those babies (like you did at that Justin Bieber concert that one time), you […]
Why This Is Late
I never promised to blog in the morning, just that I would do it every day, and yet having fallen into a pattern of morning postings, I do feel like I have missed a deadline by posting so late. But there were too many distractions today whenever I tried to write something! For instance: 5) […]
Hell of a Wednesday
I woke up with a terrible migraine, head throbbing, eyes throbbing, every sound slicing through my brain like a noisy brain slicer. I hadn’t gotten enough sleep, as usual, but I had to get up and head to New York for an audition. I took my migraine medicine, hopped in the shower, and got my […]
Should You Learn a New Aria For an Audition?
I would like to step back from my usual brand of silliness for a moment and talk about an issue that is near and dear to my heart, and which has been plaguing opera singers (and probably other singers) for generations. Namely, should you try to learn the aria from whatever show you are auditioning […]
How Long Does It Take to Sing Opera?
It’s time once again to answer questions posed to this blog via google search results. One popular way that people find this blog is by searching “How long does it take to sing opera.” Since I don’t really have anything posted that answers that question, I’ll try to provide answers here. Now, the main reason […]
Recitals
Tomorrow evening, I will be giving a recital. The most important thing to remember about recitals is the “i,” otherwise you could have a problem, but the second most important thing to remember about recitals, is the music. I have to be honest here, I have never liked recitals. I don’t like going to them, […]
Who Am I?
Another show is over, and I am finally home again. As usual, there is a bit of a transition period as I adjust to home life again, and home life adjusts to me. Last night I was back at the pizza place making food again, but at the same time trying to run the music […]
Angry Tenor Hurls Watch at Soprano For Breaking Chair
I don’t know if last night’s show is going to reviewed, but if it is, the headline might read something like, “Angry Tenor Hurls Watch at Soprano For Breaking Chair.” That may have been what happened, but that was not my motivation. I think I should start at the beginning. It all started when the […]
The Socialization of Children and Opera Singers
One of the weirdest, and perhaps hardest, things about being an opera singer is the way in which we are forced to conduct our social lives. Many non-singers I know have a small group of good friends with whom they spend a lot of time with. Sometimes these people have one other person, or couple, […]