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Consider Consideration OR Tips on Upgrading Your Ability to be a Suitable Colleague
by Melissa Wimbish In our final week of upgrading, can we just review some of the basic rules of being a good colleague? That’s my Question of the Week. Oh, and this is going to be the feature today because it’s important. Let me get on this soap box right quick with a little Top [...]
iPad Apps for the Voice Studio
by Cynthia Vaughn The Apple iPad is a portable and practical resource for the voice studio. Here are some apps I’ve found useful (or not!) Most apps, once downloaded via wifi, don’t need internet connection in the studio. Apps range in cost from free to a few dollars. Some of the higher end recording and [...]
Operagasm Exclusive: Esther Schapira’s Pav Close-Up
Operagasm readers are the best critics! Each month we feature two exclusive reviews so that you have the inside scoop before taking out your cash money. As promised, we have the exclusive review of Esther Schapira’s documentary about the life and times of one of the world’s most coveted singers, Luciano Pavarotti. Sounds like this [...]
Operagasm Exclusive: The Art of the Bass
Operagasm readers are the best critics! Each month we feature two exclusive reviews so that you have the inside scoop before taking out your cash money. Sounds like this one is a gem — check out the verdict from one of our favorite basses, Matthew Scrivner. Don’t forget to check back in tomorrow when we’ll [...]
LET ME UPGRADE YOU
by Bridgette Cooper Let me upgrade you…..Love that Beyonce song! Here we are January 2012. I would like to start by asking this one question. Since last year at this time, what have you done to UPGRADE you? It could be your love life, health, personal relationships or dare I ask……..your career as a singer. [...]
Opera and the Black Singer
This article by the one and only George Shirley was featured back in February 2010 in honor of Black History Month. Today, we feature it in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and hope that the legacies of such great thinkers continue to be celebrated in this country and in our art. “Free at [...]
The Performer’s Paradigm Shift
The Performer’s Paradigm Shift “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” (The Tao of Show Business. How to Pursue Your Dream Without Losing Your Mind, Dallas Travers). When I first read those words, the answer rushed at me with surprising speed and accuracy, diving to the center of my heart like [...]
Operagasm Exclusive: Dieskau’s Stab at Giovanni
This historical DVD recording review of Don Giovanni is made possible through the generosity of Naxos, the world’s leading classical music group. Thanks for giving our readers the opportunity to explore your catalog and share the deets with the Operagasm community! by Blair Skinner Deutsche Oper Berlin DVD Recording of Don Giovanni – September 24, 1961 [...]
Yes, you need a website! (And you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg for it.)
by Ceci Dadisman I’m going to start out by making a bold statement. Every singer, whether currently singing professionally or planning to embark on a professional career, needs to have a website. Period. Furthermore, said website should be at your own domain (ie: www.janedoe.com or www.janedoemezzo.com and not http://rossinimezzo.blogspot.com or http://cherubino85.wordpress.com). Your website is your [...]
Operagasm’s Gonna “Upgrade U”!
by Melissa Wimbish We’re taking our cue from Beyoncé Knowles this month! (Oh, yeah, featuring Jay-Z…I guess. No offence, Mr. H.O.V.A.). Her hit single from the album B’Day is the inspiration for this month’s focus! “New Beginnings”, “Resolutions”, “Renewal”… all of those options sounded a bit too New-Year’s-Day-Bikram-Yoga-recycled-Naked-Juice-bottle … ya know? It’s 2012. Time to bring the [...]
