2002 – Page 2

“I have been offered a very good opera chorus job but am uncertain as to whether this will label me for future attempts at Young Artist programs.…I need to make a decision very soon, so any immediate advice would be appreciated.”—Narietta

A singer’s sporadic income can cause problems with taxes. If you’ve been short on funds and are behind with the IRS, here’s what to do.

Ever want to stand up and sing while attending an opera? During the opening night of Handel’s Guilio Cesare, the performance was halted early in the first act when the

This report is the result of a six-week study in Germany during the 2002 spring semester. This is a compilation of personal observations, consultations with a number of German opera agents, conversations with Americans currently engaged in German opera houses and conversations with members of the general public about their views on opera from the audience standpoint.

Joseph Volpe answers questions ranging from how singers are hired at the Met to how he went from being a carpenter to General Director of the greatest opera house in the world.

This is our first article to begin the discussion on the problems associated with monthly cycles, hormones and the female voice. We welcome your questions, comments, solutions and experiences. Please send them to CJ Williamson at cjw@classicalsinger.com or Classical Singer magazine, PO Box 95490, South Jordan, UT 84095-0490.

We’re pleased to welcome Joseph Volpe, general director of the Metropolitan Opera, to Classical Singer. Many of the questions Cristina Necula asked him in this interview were submitted in response

Dear Editor The article “Strategies for Success—Landing a Tenure Track Teaching Job,” in your September 2002 issue, gave much valuable advice to those seeking voice teaching jobs in a college

You won't find these auditions on the pages of Classical Singer magazine, because there are no scheduled auditions for this young artist program; only a very select few are invited to join. Director, Gayletha Nichols explains to Cristina Necula how it works.

With all the sadness we've had in these pages in the last year about racial prejudice in the field of opera, we were touched by this obituary by Andrew Patner. We asked if CS could reprint it for our readers.

Resolutions month number eleven! Our three singers have one more month of reporting their lives to the entire Classical Singer community.

Dear Editor: I’d love to see an article on deviated septum and the singer—i.e. does getting it fixed affect the timbre of the voice? Can you get it fixed without