by Christie Connolley
Are you tired of paying fees to access audition notices? So are we! Every Friday morning, Operagasm presents a fresh update of audition listings. We would be happy to include your audition notice in a full story during the week and/or in the Friday listing, please submit your notice by emailing auditions@operagasm.com.
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by Erica Papillion-Posey
I have recently begun learning the pant role of the , heart on his sleeve, composer (komponist), from Ariadne auf Naxos, and can’t wait to download this MP3, yes, I am doing it as I write this. You should check it out too….
Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos, Christine Brewer et al, Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Armstrong(Chandos)
Richard Strauss in [...]
by Christie Connolley
Are you tired of paying fees to access competition notices? So are we! Every Friday morning, Operagasm presents a fresh update of competition listings. We would be happy to include your competition [...]
by Melissa Wimbish
Okay, Detroit…as a kid I always wondered what the heck your basketball mascot meant. While I watched the Chicago Bulls school you back in the 90s, I thought to myself, “Well, what is so thrilling about a piston? Maybe if their mascot had some better qualities, they would win more championships.” Bulls are [...]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Sept 1, 2010 – The Florentine Opera Company names Erica Schuller (soprano) of Milwaukee, WI; Julia Hardin (mezzo soprano) of Lawrence, KS; Matthew Richardson (tenor) of Dubuque, IA and Scott Johnson (baritone) of Madison, WI, as resident artists for the 2010-2011 Season’s Florentine Opera Studio Program.
Ms. Schuller and Mr. Richardson are new [...]
by Christie Connolley
This Week in History we celebrate the birthday of Englebert Humperdinck who was born on September 1, 1854. Check out this fantastic rendition of The Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel featuring Frederica von Stade and Kathleen Battle.
PS – This couture is straight from Dynasty! KB’s sleeves are MAJOR!
by Glenn Winters, D.M.
This article is dedicated to Stan “Manly Stanley” Arnold, wherever he may be. Stan was my freshman-year roommate at Indiana University’s School of Music a long, long, time ago.
He and I had enough in common (including an insatiable appetite for Noble Roman’s pizza) that we managed to co-exist peacefully in our shoe-box [...]
by Melissa Wimbish
Mezzo-soprano Barbara Smith Conrad is an internationally acclaimed opera singer with a fascinating history. Check out this brief interview in which she discusses the upcoming documentary When I Rise.
Click here for a fantastic article about the distinguished diva!
by Christie Connolley
Herald Scotland is calling the Scottish Opera out on it’s plans to cut the orchestra, an act that could spell trouble for the future of the company.
“Well done, Scottish Opera. After decades of turmoil, after losing half of its administrative staff, all of its in-house singers and its entire chorus; after having shot [...]
by Erica Papillion-Posey
DEBT: n.
Eeeewwww! Doesn’t the word just sound dirty and tragic! THAT which is the source of most, if not all (in some cases) of our daily grind….
In keeping with this month’s focus on education, how many poor unsuspecting souls hock themselves in to student loan DEBT not knowing the extent to which they have [...]
“Oh, back to school! Back to school! To prove to dad that I’m not a fool!” – Billy Madison
‘Tis the season for all those obligatory “welcome back” questions: “How was your summer?” “What did you do?” “Go anywhere fun?” “Did you do a summer program?” And all the typical answers: “Not long enough.” “I can’t [...]
