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In a career that has spanned nearly five decades, Helen Donath has left her mark on the operatic world in both recordings and performances worldwide. But such a career doesn’t happen without facing a few setbacks. After nearly destroying her voice at the hands of an incompetent teacher, Donath started from scratch to rebuild her voice. Find out why she now considers that a blessing in disguise, how she remembers a myriad of A-list singers with whom she has shared the stage, and what her trick is to still be singing at age 69.
Operalia Announces Winners of 2009 Competition On August 1, 2009, Operalia, Plácido Domingo’s worldwide opera competition, presented prizes to this year’s winners. Twenty-five-year-old Russian soprano Julia Novikova and 27-year-old Russian
In any assembling of singers, but perhaps especially in audition waiting rooms, purses and bags loom large in both number and size. But what exactly do singers keep in those significant satchels? Find out here.
Being an opera singer is no longer just about the singing—it’s also about the acting and your ability to move well on stage. Find out what directors see missing in singers, how their programs are striving to solve that, and what they recommend you can do now to hone these skills for yourself.
