Great singers who also have great breath control get great ovations. Wouldn’t you like to be able to hold those phrases and not have to take those catch breaths, hoping no one will notice? It’s not about trying harder. You need more information.
If you’re a soprano, you know what it’s like to sit forever before your first entrance in Messiah! Suddenly, you are supposed to rise and sing like an angel, when you’ve been as still as a statue for an eternity. Here’s your secret weapon.
Learning to save seems like a far-off goal, but no matter what your finances, it has to start now. We’re hearing sad stories about singers who didn’t plan for their future— we don’t want that story to be you.
Summer programs are one place you can go to work with Metropolitan Opera coaches and conductors. We asked one of our favorites (the founder of the International Vocal Arts Institute) to give a written master class to you!
When CS went shopping for an article on the basic ingredients of the Bel Canto style of singing, we turned to the founder of Bel Canto Institute summer program. Here you’ll learn from one who teaches not only at the Institute but is a prompter at the Metropolitan Opera.
Classical Singer magazine asked the summer festivals to write in with some experiences that happened during the summer of 2003. Opera Festival di Roma made us smile with this, “you had to be there” moment!
You’ve heard the advice before: “first the words” — but maybe you’ve never really known how important it was to your success as a singer. Can you move an audience or not? Your missing ingredient may be right here.
ll in all, it’s been a great year for the summer programs. CS has received very few complaints about the programs, and the complaints that have come in have been minor. As always, we refer singers, teachers and administrators to the January 2002 issue for warnings about a few problem programs. PLEASE READ THAT ISSUE CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR A SUMMER PROGRAM NOT LISTED HERE. The issue is in the archives on the classicalsinger.com website, which now has a search engine, giving you the power to search by word, by phrase or by issue date.
Neil Semer’s summer program and master classes across the country are well known. Here he speaks of the possible role that musical theatre can play in the life of a classical singer.
Classical Singer often brings you cover stories of world-renowned artists, but sometimes we like to bring you artists who are on their way up, so you can see how it happens—and that is does happen! Indra Thomas is on her way up and she’s someone to keep an eye on! (You can hear sound clips of her recent performance After January 1 at classicalsinger.com/thomas). Daniel Vasquez was able to catch up with her busy career during her recent performance of Aida while home singing in her hometown of Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Editor: Thank you for trying a different way of sending out the e-mails for the Classical Singer Community. This is the first one I’ve received. As an older, but
AFTRA and recording companies reach Health Care Agreement Representatives from the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have reached a tentative agreement with major recording companies, which, when ratified,
