Continuing in the tradition of years past, the third annual AudComps drew first-rate talent from every corner. Read about the event, the winners, and how you can take advantage of this terrific opportunity in New York City in May 2008.
The third annual AudComps, part of the Classical Singer Convention at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia last May, gave participating singers a chance to boost their careers. Read about this exciting event, and about the singers who took home big prizes and became Certified Singers for 2006-2007.
Stage Fog Effects Substantiated After hearing about a recent lawsuit brought against San Francisco Opera, many singers were wondering about the lawsuit’s claims that SFO’s stage fog caused significant medical
Te Kanawa Steps on Maori Toes Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa did not make friends in the Maori community after an interview that appeared in Melbourne’s Sun Herald in late February.
Booing Police? The New York Times recently reported that at the Metropolitan Opera’s first performance of Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail, the soprano singing the role of Konstanze, Alexandra Deshorties,
Longer Life for Cut Flowers What did you do with the flowers you received at your last performance? Martha Stewart Living advises that to keep cut flowers fresh, give them
Oops! Check Your Promo CDs! After sending out 8,000 promo CDs, the New Zealand Symphony discovered that an internet whiz had sabotaged the CD so that when it was played
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
Competing Opera Companies Merge After seven years of competing with one another and frustrating potential donors, the Opera Company of North Carolina and Triangle Opera have decided to overcome their
Stop, Drop and… Sing? During the Royal Opera House’s June 29th performance of The Queen of Spades, soprano Susan Chilcott was reminded of her fire safety lessons when an onstage
“Set-Back” for Opera Carolina Actually, Opera Carolina won’t be getting any sets back. In early May, an employee of Opera Carolina stopped by to check on the Crescent Resources building
AGMA MEMBERSHIP EXPANDING AGMA recently reported that its membership has grown by 45% in the last two years. Membership in February 2000 was 4,644; it currently stands at 6,748. Choristers
