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Happy New Year from Operagasm!
Here at Operagasm, we’re still nursing our Veuve Clicquot hangover brought to us by the exciting New Year’s celebration! We hope you and yours enjoyed a safe and fabulous holiday season! It’s back to the glorious grindstone tomorrow morning and we think you’ll be thrilled with our BRAND NEW lineup! So many fun things coming [...]
Soprano vs. Soprano
Bringing you the best of 2011 with this article featured during Operagasm’s focus on women! by Caitlin Vincent In September 2008, I created an operatic alter-ego named Lily Puns and began writing comedy pieces from her skewed perspective. Narcissistic, neurotic, and completely shameless, Lily was a way for me to highlight real issues facing singers [...]
Boys vs. Girls: Who Has it Easier in this Business?
by Andrew Sauvageau I’m not going to lie to you and say that men have shorter careers, more competition, a harder time filling production team openings, et cetera , et cetera. It’s just not true. We frequently get to sing longer and more often, and the ratio of men to women acting as directors, administrators, [...]
Collaborating in Life and Music
Bringing you the best of 2011! Are you ready for a tear-jerker?! This article from the lovable Bob Muckenfuss was featured in our monthly focus on collaboration. Here, he discusses the joy of making beautiful music with his partner, Steve. Get me a tissue! by Bob Muckenfuss Steven Rainbolt and I are a family. At [...]
Review: Carlos Kleiber, I Am Lost to the World
Bringing you the best of 2011! This review was made possible by NAXOS, the world’s leading classical music group. Peruse their catalog for this recording and thousands of other gems! by Blair Skinner George Wümbolt leaves much to be desired in the way of actually explaining the enigmatic existence of Carlos Kleiber. A film that [...]
There’s No Such Thing as “Crossover”
by Marisa del Campo As a child I was always amazed by musical theater singers, as that is what I was mainly exposed to growing up. How much fun they seemed to have, how much I understood them, and how powerful they were always left me speechless. My first real experience with opera singers didn’t [...]
Top 10 Worst Opera Villains
by Kate Jackman 10. Regina Giddens from Blitzstein’s Regina So, let me get this straight: You stole your crippled husband’s heart medication… and taunted him until he died, slowly and painfully… just because he wouldn’t give you some money? No wonder you ended up poor and alone. 9. Kaspar from Der [...]
The Measure of Men
Our very first guest writer when we began Operagasm in 2010 delivered once more in 2011 with an intelligent article featured during our gender bender. Enjoy another one of the best articles of 2011! by A. Scott Parry “If I act that way, people will think I’m weak.” “There’s no way I’m going to do [...]
Why is that guy pointing at me? Notes on Collaborating with a Conductor
Bringing you the best of 2011! Stop, collaborate and listen to Kevin Class! by Kevin Class The conductor’s art is elusive to many. What we do, what we say and how we think may often seem nebulous and confusing. Our medium is sound, and yet, as a conductor, we do not physically produce it. Instead, [...]
Review: Carlos Kleiber, Traces to Nowhere
Bringing you the best of 2011! This review was made possible by NAXOS, the world’s leading classical music group. Peruse their catalog for this recording and thousands of other gems! by Lee Mills At long last there is a biographical account of Carlos Kleiber that does not try to paint him as an immortal god! (Carlos [...]
