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Three women who once made their living on the stage and now make their living in arts administration discuss the challenges faced as both singers and administrators in balancing career and life.

Everyone from your grandmother to your 14-year-old niece is on Facebook. So how do you use this social networking phenomenon to market your singing?

What is it that makes a performer stand out and be admired? Technique? Acting ability? Beauty? Sure. But there is something that audiences value above all else, something that no one can teach you: being comfortable with yourself.

Does the old adage “There are no small parts, only small actors” hold true in opera, too? Three truly great singers of comprimario roles weigh in to answer the question.

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In the midst of a burgeoning career, managed by one of the finest New York agencies, singing in a top-tier Young Artist Program, and already landing main stage roles at

In light of the uncertain financial climate, we continue our new series: how to live on $50 a week. Each month, writer Olivia Giovetti offers budget-saving strategies specific to a singer’s unique lifestyle. This month she tackles trimming your household budget.

Tell us how we’re doing. Tell us about the articles that have helped you and articles you’d like to read. We would like to publish your comments, received either by e-mail at editorial@classicalsinger.com or in the mail at P.O. Box 1710, Draper, UT 84020.

Each month CS highlights one of its readers. If you’d like to take Center Stage in an upcoming issue of
Classical Singer, visit www.classical-singer.com/magazine/center_stage/. Tell us about yourself, and upload a picture. We want to know about you!

Comedian Richard Jeni once mused about the Windy City, “I think that’s how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, ‘Gee, I’m enjoying the crime and