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Up-and-coming soprano Nadine Sierra has taken the opera world by storm since becoming the youngest winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In the nearly seven years since her win, Sierra has gone on to sing at most of the major opera houses around the world. She credits her sudden rise to a terrific manager, a dream trio of teachers, and influential mentors who have opened doors for the gifted singer.

Don’t let yourself compensate for areas of weak vocal technique. Learn to identify areas of weakness and turn them into strengths.

If you’re struggling to understand why your teacher is giving you yet one more song to learn out of your Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias book, here is the background and perspective you need.

A stage manager turned artist manager shares her insights on how to be the kind of colleague companies want to hire back again and again.

Joanie Brittingham takes a hard look at the financial realties for singers—including salary realities and the heavy burden of student loan debt. She then offers tips for making ends meet when money is scarce.

Last Friday night, my two daughters and I had a pizza/movie party night. My three-year-old toddler snuggled in next to me to watch the movie, and with her cheesy ham-and-pineapple

Read about a new book designed to help teachers meet their full potential—musically and financially.

By guest contributors JACOPERA. Follow their regular blog at www.jacopera.com. 10 ways you know you are being TOO operatic in your everyday life (in which you know you are a

By Mark Stoddard, author of Marketing Singers, a business and marketing guidebook written specifically for singers. No singer ought to be singing for free. I had the chance to help

By Jonathan Blalock I can sincerely relate to Joan Rivers right now. In the brilliant documentary, “A Piece of Work,” Joan’s assistant asks her a question about future dates in

Singers look back on their college years and share what they wish they would have known before they began their music major.

Soprano Anne-Carolyn Bird and bass-baritone Matthew Burns are currently having the adventure of a lifetime. In the midst of two full-time singing careers and as parents of two small children, the couple made an unusual and “crazy” decision. While they knew it was unconventional and not for forever, they also knew it was the best and right decision right now for their family of four.