Among singers’ acronymic medical problems, if TMJ is not first (GERD probably is), it is surely a close second.
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
Sessione Senese per La Musica e L’Arte was investigated by the Conneticut Attorney General’s Office
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
