Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Susan Dormady Eisenberg has written profiles of singers for Classical Singer, Huffington Post, and Opera News. She has published a first novel, The Voice I Just Heard, about two Broadway singers who long to sing opera, and she’s now writing an historical novel about American sharpshooter, Annie Oakley. E-mail her at Susaneisenberg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @Susandeisenberg.

With Bravas from Dresden to Detroit : Marquita Lister Makes Good With Opera's Bad Girls

Even with the release of a new recording and the demands of an international career, this jet setting soprano still finds time to help those singers who will follow her. In this Classical Singer exclusive, Marquita Lister discusses how she finds fulfillment through her involvement with the “Negro Spiritual” Scholarship Foundation. Don’t miss Rudolph Cleare, president of the foundation, for his presentation on Spirituals as Art Song at this year’s convention.

Apr 01 Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Home Runs in the Opera House : Gordon Hawkins

After winning the Pavarotti Competition in 1992, Gordon Hawkins faced a difficult decision: break his contract at the Met to work with Pavarotti in two operas, or stay at the Met, where he was on his way to becoming a contract singer. Looking back, Mr. Hawkins has no regrets about the decision he made, which led to a successful international career. Find out how singing in Europe helped shape him as an artist. Discover his process for delving into the character of an opera, and read how having a big voice was both a blessing and a curse.

Mar 01 Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Singing Through Her Prose

Sometimes the curve balls of life require changing your game plan in the bottom of the ninth. For one singer, the realities of single motherhood meant giving up her dreams of a European singing career to provide for her two young children. Now a successful writer with several published novels to her credit, Stephanie Cowell shares how she transitioned from singing Mozart’s music to writing about it.

Feb 01 Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Susan Dormady Eisenberg

With Bravas from Dresden to Detroit : Marquita Lister Makes Good With Opera's Bad Girls

Home Runs in the Opera House : Gordon Hawkins

Singing Through Her Prose

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