Now that the summer entertainment season has officially started with the smash opening of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” (go see this movie, by the way), it is time to think about choosing the “song of the summer.” Summer, of course, used to start in June, but studios and record companies found that they could […]
Category Archives: Tenor Tuesday
Why We Shouldn’t Save San Diego Opera
San Diego Opera recently announced that it would close this June, after its 49th season of providing excellent music and theater to its city and the world. That sucks. What sucks even more is that they were in the black. No bankruptcy filings are happenings. No public financial scramble for donors, or kickstarter projects, or […]
How to Tell Whether You Are Writing an Opera or a Musical
It’s a classic conundrum that every human being has encountered at least once in their lives. There you are, writing music for an over-the-top production of some sort, and you suddenly realize that you have no idea if you are writing an opera or a musical. We’ve all been there, right? Luckily for you, I […]
Was “Let it Go” Originally a Beatles Song?
If you have clicked on this link thinking that there is a chance that the Oscar-winning hit “Let it Go” from the movie Frozen was actually written by The Beatles, then I have no choice but to tell you that you are correct. How could I do otherwise? In fact, after careful research through my imagination, […]
A Few Thoughts on Pink, Pharrell, Bette Midler, and Adele Dazeem
Sunday night, as I invented a new dessert, a group of friends sat around my apartment and watched the 86th Academy Awards. This year, there were a lot of things that people were not able to complain about. The orchestra generally did not cut people’s speeches short. The “filler” segments were kept to a minimum. […]
It Runs in the Family
Though I admit the sound was not very good (turn your speakers way up!), you have already heard my daughter sing a little when I posted her version of “Frozen Heart.” I love hearing her sing, and taking after her old Dad (not to discount the good musicianship and musical influences of Tenor Mom!). But […]
If It Weren’t For Opera…
Opera is amazing, right? It is the convergence of all types of art, from music, acting, and dancing, to painting, fashion designing, and even sculpting from time to time. It is passionate, funny, and intense, and there are plenty of reasons to appreciate it on its own, just for what it is. But even if […]
Opera Bowl 2014
Well, it happened. The most opera ever in a Super Bowl. After all of the “hype” and “controversy” that the media stirred up, an opera singer sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Was it good? Was it terrible? Did it help the world of classical music and opera? Did it hurt it? Well, […]
A Few Thoughts About Renée Fleming, The Super Bowl, and The Bieb
Opera megastar Renée Fleming is singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday. For some reason, this has made some people upset. So I would like to say, in the nicest way possible, let’s sit down and figure this out as friends. You idiots. I mean, I don’t know who you want to sing […]
The 5 Stages of Preparing for an Audition
STEP ONE: Find out about the auditionThis is the easy. but very important, first step. This crucial part of the process is when your agent calls you to tell you that you have an audition scheduled, or when you see an audition on YAPTracker and send in your form. Your audition date is set. You […]