Many young singers may not yet be ready to do Giacomo Puccini’s operatic roles—but they can sing the great composer’s songs, and learn a great deal about his style.
After his CS interview, Alan Titus graciously agreed to answer questions from students, submitted over the Internet.
Many opera singers have a guilty secret they only admit to their closest friends: They don’t like to watch opera—they only like to sing it! Here’s our favorite opera violinist, back with a guilty secret of his own!
Most singers are afraid to pick up the phone but that’s how many jobs happen and that’s one of the ways vocal studios are built. While opera companies are not enamored of singers who call, everything from booking tours to recitals to holiday parties absolutely requires that you learn to pick up that phone.
Increasingly, singers are discovering they have to act as their own managers. Even managed singers find that some managers don’t know how to sell their own clients. Selling is an ongoing job, and if no one is doing it, you’re probably not doing much singing.
