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About those child opera singers: here’s the deal
by Glenn Winters I’m going to let all you music-lovers in on a little secret: we professional musicians don’t have much use for the phenomenon of the Child Prodigy. Six year old violinists playing Mendelssohn; ten year old pianists playing Rachmaninov; and especially *shudder* twelve year old girls belting out operatic arias… or country music… [...]
Operation Opera: Egypt and Ethiopia
Glenn Winters is a fun and imaginative writer with a fantastic blog called Operation Opera. His newest post focuses on Aida and the basic concept that perhaps history repeats itself. Or, better yet…maybe there’s no such thing as history. Another thought-provoking, enjoyable read from Mr. Winters. Egypt and Ethiopian: Everything Old is New Again by Glenn [...]
Tosca the Mad Libs Way!
by Glenn Winters of Operation Opera Everywhere you go these days, stage directors are playing fast and loose with the story-lines of standard operas. They change the locale, the relationships between the characters; any aspect of the original libretto that they can dream up and justify with the word “edginess” and “relevance” is fair game [...]
If You Love Star Wars, You’ll Love…Wagner?
I’ll admit it first…I’ve never ever seen or heard a Wagner opera! In fact, the only Wagner I have ever listened to was by accident at a recital by my dear colleague, Christie Connolley when she performed the Wesendonck Lieder (brilliantly by the way)! I always run away from Wagner because I’m sure I don’t [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Support Your Local Opera Company
by Glenn Winters TOP 10 REASONS TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL OPERA COMPANY 10. Ever complain that potholes don’t get fixed in your community, or that there aren’t enough police catching speeders in your neighborhood? A rich selection of performing arts (like, duh, OPERA) provides that valued commodity known as “quality of life” desired by industries [...]
The ABCs of Adult Opera Education
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 [...]
Prove to Dad You’re Not a Fool!
“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 [...]
Countdown To A Roman Adventure
by Glenn Winters Do you like opera? How about a beautiful tropical climate, fabulous food, fun-loving instant friends, Italian art and culture, and (best part) GELATO? Then this just might be the blog for you! A little background: in the summer of 1999, while employed as an arts academy director at Virginia Commonwealth University in [...]
