CJ Williamson founded Classical Singer magazine. She served as Editor-in-Chief until her death in July, 2005. Read more about her incredible life and contributions to the singing community here.
I received Classical Singer magazine in the post yesterday and just want to congratulate you on a great article and to thank you for exposing Bel Canto Italia [Summer programs
You walk in to the competition wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt, and you check in. As you are escorted onto the stage, you see there is a screen between
Dear Editor: Your publication is very informative and entertaining. It is an absolute must for the singer at any stage of his or her career. Where else is all this
Dear Editor: Thank you very much for your excellent editorial “Should You Throw a Diva Tantrum?” I also read the Steven Blier piece in Opera News with great interest, and
Don’t Send Résumés to Trawick Artists Trawick Artists has closed its New York offices as Elly Miller retires. The managers have been told to work from their homes, but some
Soprano Marilyn Horne and baritone Thomas Hampson are two USC Thornton School of Music graduates who have garnered international acclaim. Many other successful singers have come out of the school and look back fondly on their experiences there. Among them are baritones Rodney Gilfry and Earl Patriarco, both of whom sing at the Metropolitan Opera and elsewhere, and soprano Jessica Rivera, who is currently a resident artist at Los Angeles Opera and recently made her New York City debut in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall Recital Series. Gilfry, Patriarco and Rivera spoke to Classical Singer. The following are their comments on various aspects of the Vocal Arts program and its subsequent impact on their professional lives:
Wouldn’t it be great if all singers had to worry about was singing? As singers, much of our attention has to be focused on finding places to sing, and hopefully
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Start Singing . . . “The fact is we need opera. We especially need it now. It is an enormous, passionate, melodramatic affair
Sessione Senese per La Musica e L’Arte was investigated by the Conneticut Attorney General’s Office
Classical Singer will not be including reports from Rome Festival Opera [Directed by Fritz Maraffi] in this issue or on our website. The last time Classical Singer magazine did a
Bel Canto Italia School of Opera The Florence Art Collegium
The Italian Government has posted the following warning about the schools named above. Director Carlos Della Mora uses different names for himself [including Carlos Francis Julio Arduh] and for his school. [Mr. Della Mora has announced a new school in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the website www.florencearts.org which is not covered by this warning from the Italian government] The entire warning is posted at: www.infogiur.com/giurisprudenza/provvedimento_10413_2002.htm. The translation is provided at the end of the site.
My thought for you this new year is that it’s never too late to believe in your dreams. The line certainly isn’t new, but it was brought to my mind
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