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JOE TURPIN LIVES IN LÜBECK, GERMANY, WHERE HE SINGS FULL-TIME WITH THE THEATER LÜBECK OPERA CHORUS. HERE IS JOE’S ADVICE TO A SINGER WHO IS THINKING ABOUT MOVING TO GERMANY TO START HIS CAREER.

Are you one of the principals? Can I spot you easily on stage?” a colleague’s student asked her before a Falstaff performance. Laughing, my friend replied, “No. I’m not a

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

Singers can make a living doing choral singing in New York and Chicago, but it’s a tough life. Annette Nauraine shows you how it’s done and gives hints on how to do it in your hometown on a smaller scale.

Resolutions month number eleven! Our three singers have one more month of reporting their lives to the entire Classical Singer community.

With all the sadness we've had in these pages in the last year about racial prejudice in the field of opera, we were touched by this obituary by Andrew Patner. We asked if CS could reprint it for our readers.

A singer’s sporadic income can cause problems with taxes. If you’ve been short on funds and are behind with the IRS, here’s what to do.

This report is the result of a six-week study in Germany during the 2002 spring semester. This is a compilation of personal observations, consultations with a number of German opera agents, conversations with Americans currently engaged in German opera houses and conversations with members of the general public about their views on opera from the audience standpoint.

You won't find these auditions on the pages of Classical Singer magazine, because there are no scheduled auditions for this young artist program; only a very select few are invited to join. Director, Gayletha Nichols explains to Cristina Necula how it works.

Joseph Volpe answers questions ranging from how singers are hired at the Met to how he went from being a carpenter to General Director of the greatest opera house in the world.

Dear Editor The article “Strategies for Success—Landing a Tenure Track Teaching Job,” in your September 2002 issue, gave much valuable advice to those seeking voice teaching jobs in a college

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