2003 – Page 6

Prior to Cristina Necula's recent trip to Vienna, Classical Singer sent an email to the CS Onlie Community asking for your suggested questions for the two following interviews. Ms. Necula was able to interview very different European manager's to get the insider information you need. Compare their stles and answers before you consider your next audition for a European job. Our thanks to Mr. Seitter and Mr. Hollaender.

Classical singers have been asking for mass auditions for decades. They got them. Some didn't like them. Here's a report on how they went-and how they might go in the future.

American baritone Bryan Rothfuss and Austrian soprano Maria Rosendorfsky are full-time students at the two main music schools in Vienna, Austria: the University of Music and Performing Arts, and the Konservatorium, respectively.

A university education can be one of the most important experiences in a singer's life. However, too many young singers and their parents don't prepare early enough, don't research thoroughly enough, and then plunge headlong into too much debt without thinking of consequences. If you work with young singers, or you're in debt and need help, this is important reading.

Singers can apply for a teaching internship with NATS. Here's a singer who did just that.

CS is constantly challenging singers to make their own opportunities instead of waiting for the phone to ring. Here's a singer who has done just that and in the process is building new audiences for opera.

Prospective members of NATS must read and agree to abide by the following Code of Ethics before being considered for membership.

A singing career is a lot like solitaire on my Palm Pilot. OK, that’s a stretch, but I think about singers and their careers often when I’m playing the game.

While many singers are starting to benefit yoga, little is known or said about the health enhancing practices that yoga has to offer. This column will focus attention on these additions to your regular yoga routine. You may discover that these easy, practical and effective tips are the turning point for good health.

Voice teachers are always warning singers not to cough. But what are you to do when the urge becomes overwhelming? CS's Dr. Jahn to the rescue.

The facets of teaching are too many for an encyclopedia to list, but here are some tips from one teacher’s studio. This is a follow-up to Ms. Nauraine’s February article,

Joyce DiDonato has been hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as the Rossini mezzo-soprano for the next generation and is acclaimed as "a singer of considerable accomplishment and even greater promise." Winner of the 2002 Richard Tucker Foundation Award, DiDonato's 2002-2003 season includes performances of Sister Helen Prejean in New York City Opera's new production of Dead Man Walking, for which she received the prestigious award of "Debut Artist of the Year," The Cunning Little Vixen at the Royal Opera House under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner (see photo), Rosina at the New National Theater of Tokyo, Cherubino and Cenerentola with the Paris Opera, a Pesaro Festival debut singing the title role of Rossini's Adina, a recording of Handel duets for the EMI label, and a European concert tour of "Les Nuits d'ete" with Mark Minkowski and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Future projects include Il Barbiere di Siviglia in San Francisco and Houston, Maria Stuarda in Geneva, the role of Idamante in new productions of Idomeneo at the Netherlands Opera and the Aix en Provence Festival, and a recital tour culminating with her Wigmore Hall debut in London.