This month Maria Zouves interviewed the world-renowned tenor about young singers, and his own hard-learned lessons over the years.
Sometimes it takes a tragedy to remind us of the importance of what we do, and why we sacrifice so much to do it. Sometimes it can help us all to remember the capacity for music to reach out and heal.
Almost all singing groups do fund raising of some kind. What’s works today? Here’s an up-to-date report.
con*sor*tium, n. 1 : an agreement, combination, or group formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one.
Some time ago, Classical Singer received an e-mail from a subscriber who shared the story of founding her own opera company and her subsequent struggles and successes. We recently caught up with Susan Cooke of the Cambridge Lieder & Opera Society. Her story is one of determination, insight and hard work—a true labor of love.
Beautiful city, great opera company, fantastic weather. Enough said.
Soprano Susan Razavi is the founder of Alta Classica, a Manhattan company promoting classical Spanish music and zarzuela. Alta Classica features three performances per year, along with a vocal competition, master classes and an arts education performance. With a history of performance success and grant-writing experience, Susan gives some of her tips to singers thinking about starting their own company .
How do you take control of your life and your career? Is it possible? One artist who has done that from the beginning is Polish contralto Ewa Podles, featured in
Summer is a great time to buckle down and improve your language proficiency. Here’s an overview of different types of language learning options.
With this article we introduce a new writer, Maria Zouves, who will be interviewing internationally acclaimed singers and asking them the questions you most want answered.
Incorporation as a nonprofit company need not be quite as daunting a task if you go into it with all the information you can find, knowing what to expect. Here are a few tips.
Some singers aren’t waiting to be hired, but are banding together to create performance opportunities. That can mean anything from a few singers hiring a pianist to perform a concert version for friends and family, to the all-out effort of putting together a viable opera company with orchestra, sets and costumes.
