Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 13. For advance sales and priority handling, become a Wolf Trap member. For show dates, casts, and other performance info, start here. In celebration of the announcement of WTOC’s 2010 season, I am doing guest posts and interviews in various locations across the blogosphere. Find
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What *Were* You Thinking?
I just got back from hearing dozens of aspiring young singers in the North Carolina district auditions of the Metropolitan Opera National Council. As is typical, I am equal parts exhausted and energized. And, as is typical, I had the following post-competition discussion with a number of audience members. Patron: It must’ve been such a
Read MoreCreativity’s Worst Enemy
If you haven’t yet read Byron Janis’s recent article in the Wall Street Journal, go here. I am at my happiest when sight-reading music, but never really bothered to articulate why. I suspected that it had a good deal to do with being too lazy to practice. So I felt completely understood (and vindicated!) when
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Soprano
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Mezzo-soprano
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Tenor
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Baritone
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Bass & Bass-baritone
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreNational Opera Week on the Road
The Saturday morning sunrise from my New York hotel room was some consolation for having to be up at 6am to catch the train to Philadelphia. My personal tally at the end of this, National Opera Week 2009: 4 operas (Lohengrin, Esther, Stradella, & The House of the Dead) 188 auditions 393 arias 17 monologues
Read MoreThe Tough Call
A lunch hour post, for I’m feeling a bit guilty at my blogging track record this time around. Seems that I can either do things or write about them, but not both… We implemented a callback audition procedure a couple of years ago, and it has served us well. We only have one trip around
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