Erie Mills
On recording, Ms. Mills may be heard on RCA’s recording of Sondheim’s Follies, New World Records’ Grammy award-winning Candide, Newport Classic recordings of Handel’s Muzio and Scarlatti’s Ishmail, Arabesque Records’ recording of Schubert’s “Auf dem Strom” and Strauss’ “Alphorn” with David Jolley, horn, and most recently her solo CD of American song “Always it’s Spring” from VAI. On video she may be seen on “The New Sousa Band on Stage at Wolf Trap” with conductor Keith Brion. Her performance of Cunegonde at the New York City Opera was seen on a national telecast on PBS’s “Live from Lincoln Center.” Last summer Ms. Mills appeared as Aurelia Havisham in the much anticipated new production of Dominick Argento’s Miss Havisham’s Fire by Opera Theatre of St. Louis and was hailed by The New York Times as “the star the vehicle was waiting for.” Ms. Mills is an Associate Professor of Voice at San José State University and resides in the Bay Area with her husband, Dr. Thomas Rescigno.
You’ve been asking us to ask singers about technique, so here you have it! We asked a singer whose voice has remained absolutely unaffected by the years how she still hits those high notes. While it won’t tell you how to sing, we hope it gives you some hints from a singer who has “been there, done that.”
