Every year, opera workshop directors take on the task of choosing repertoire appropriate for a class of students with a wide range of abilities and levels of training. In my
The final volume in the Canciones de España—Songs of Nineteenth-Century Spain anthology series was released in February 2007 (Scarecrow Press). The three volumes, published in high and low keys, make
During the last century many composers of vocal art-music tended to use the voice merely as another instrument, often stripping away some of the most wonderful qualities inherent in the
Musical theatre requires a combination of talents—singing, dancing, and acting. Director John Doyle has added one more requirement to the list—playing in the onstage orchestra—in several recent Broadway revivals. Janette Goleme sat down with five of the classically trained singers from his latest creation, Stephen Sondheim’s Company.
