2010 – Page 12 – All Articles

Singers faced with the question of whether to disrobe onstage share their experiences, including
why they have or have not done it and the ramifications.

Advice from Alan Gordon, national executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), on sexual harassment in the workplace.

In response to CS’s recent polls on both racial discrimination and ethics and morals in opera, many respondents replied that the issue that really needs to be discussed is age discrimination. So, Rachel Antman takes a fresh look at this age-old problem.

Spoleto Festival Presents Ballad Opera One of the featured presentations of the 2010 Spoleto Festival USA will be Flora, originally entitled Flora or Hob in the Well, which was first

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Stage directors often take the blame for what many view as the declining morality of opera. One stage director shares his reasons for his own controversial stagings, as well as discussing the oft asked question: to whom is the director responsible—the composer or the audience?

The idea for this month’s issue of Classical Singer began many months ago when we e-mailed a survey to readers asking for their opinions and experiences with nudity in opera.

Life moves at an extraordinarily fast pace these days. Making sure you take steps to stay emotionally and mentally well will increase not only your happiness but your bank balance too.

One great way to evaluate the morals and ethics of this profession is by looking to those who have blazed the trail just ahead of us. The opening decade of this new century has been fraught with change and challenge. In 29 separate interviews conducted between 2002 and 2008, a variety of singers, conductors, directors, and administrators share how they have dealt with a craft in transition.

More than 10 years ago, CS surveyed readers about issues of discrimination in the singing business, and the results were reprinted in the 20th anniversary issue (see December 2007). As we now begin the second decade of the twenty-first century, find out what readers have to say about racial discrimination today.

When anything goes awry within the hallowed walls of a singer’s throat, panicked thoughts can ensue—the need for a tonsillectomy among them. Find out if there really is cause for concern when it comes to this routine procedure.

What would it be like to go into an audition and before you can even sing a note, the audition panel asks, “Is your father . . . ?” Two singers who have had just such experiences share what it’s like following in their famous fathers’ footsteps.