Classical Singer Magazine

The Jaw : Just When You Thought It Was Safe…

Among singers’ acronymic medical problems, if TMJ is not first (GERD probably is), it is surely a close second.

SSMA: : Promises and Realities

Sessione Senese per La Musica e L’Arte was investigated by the Conneticut Attorney General’s Office

ITALIAN GOVERNMENT NOTICE RE: BEL CANTO ITALIA SCHOOL OF OPERA

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.

Oberlin in Italy: : Diva in Training

CS had the opportunity to catch up with one of Eastman School of Music’s rising stars, to get her opinion about one of the top-rated summer programs. We asked her for her honest opinion about life in the trenches of a summer program.

OperaWorks: : Transforming the Singing Statue

Summer programs can be about getting a role on the resume, or they can be about learning skills, overcoming fears and becoming an entirely new performer. Several programs focus on the singer in this way such as Wesley Balk, Peter Harrower and others. Russell Herbert interviews alumni and 2002 participant of OperaWors.

Summer Pay-To-Sings : The CS Singers’ Report

Hundreds of singers wrote about their experiences at pay-to-sing programs in the summer of 2002. We have complied some of the most interesting quotes to share here. All of the responses can be found on our website.

Stage to Screen

Film director Benoit Jacquot and singers Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna discuss their experiences in front of and behind the camera on 2002's Tosca.

Bel Canto Italia: : When Expectations Exceed Reality

The following are reports of unsatisfactory experiences at the 2001 and 2002 Bel Canto Italia School of Opera. Classical Singer does not recommend this program.

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: First of all, I want to tell you that I was one of the people who made a New Year’s resolution last year in Classical Singer magazine. My

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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

It’s Never Too Late

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

Il Trovatore: : “Tacea la notte”

Joseph Smith unlocks the interpretation and corrects the rhythm and text of one of the most beautiful arias ever written.