Monday’s deadline is for our new Studio Artist program, targeted toward upper level undergraduate students or those in transition to graduate school. The next Young Artist roster application deadline is the following Monday, October 8. Application information links are on the right sidebar. I’m Happy to Recommend… I’m finally getting back to the recommendation letter
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Is There an Echo in Here????
No time for a thoughtful post, for we are staggering under an unprecedented avalanche of audition applications. (Blogging mantra: Do the Work First, Then Write About It.)But…. I am about to lose my mind with this %^$(*& reverb. Hundreds of our audition applications arrive complete with audio samples. Not so many years ago, my challenge
Read MorePay To Sing
No, not as in a pay-to-sing summer program. As in, you have to pay to get a chance to apply to sing in our audition tour. Is this unfair? The annual autumn application/audition fee discussion is ongoing over at the new Forum for Classical Singers (nfcs.net). We lurk occasionally to feel the temperature of the
Read MoreDeadline Approaches – Monday 9/24
Yes, the first deadline for Filene Young Artist and Fellowship applications – for auditions and interviews requested for Houston, LA, Seattle, Chicago, and New York. For basic information: www.wolftrapopera.org/audition To start the online application: www.wolftrapopera.org/audition/fyafellowshipinstructions All upcoming deadlines: September 24 – Filene Young Artists & Fellowships (Houston, LA, Seattle, Chicago, NYC) October 1 – all
Read MoreLebe wohl, bis ich dich wiederseh’
A magical Flute indeed. No kidding. I’m going underground for a while. Wouldn’t be surprised if it were a month. If you’re hoping to sing for us on this fall’s audition tour, go here for details. The first deadline is September 24, and auditions start on October 28. Thanks to all who took this marvelous
Read MoreTop 10 Reasons the Summer Needs to Be Over
10. I’m swearing too easily. Something that, the rest of the year, I hardly do at all. 9. Nothing sounds better than sleep. 8. I’ve already gained my allotted annual summer 10 pounds. 7. I’m desperate to read a book – any book – not about opera. 6. Emotions are at the surface. I cry
Read MoreAmphitheatre Opera
In the Filene Center (Wolf Trap’s beautiful amphitheatre) for the duration. Tech rehearsals for Magic Flute begin tonight. I’ve blogged before about my love-hate relationship with the Filene Center. And here we are again, having gone for a record-setting 8 years without returning to Flute. I’ve been dreading this week all summer, but so far
Read MoreManhattan Diaries
Much of the last few days spent helping shepherd Manhattan Diaries to the stage. A funny, touching, satisfying, intriguing evening. A full house, and lots of personal and communal successes. Turning this ship’s rudders completely to Flute now; more about that in the coming days. We’re looking ahead to a week that’s guaranteed to be
Read MoreThe WTOS – Opened, then Closed
Last week was Open Studio. A great chance for some opera supporters to sit in on some of the kinds of activities that the Studio Artists have been “enjoying” all summer. :) I did an audition workshop, our Italian coach put them through recitative paces, our Directing Fellow did some touch-up work on the scenes
Read MoreMulti-tasking
In the throes of the last big crunch. Flute stagings, two L’Etoile performances, arrival of Steve Blier and 3 National Symphony shows in 4 days. One thing at a time, and briefly, by necessity: Flute and Writer’s Block I whined a few days ago about my article for the Magic Flute program. I believe that
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