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A message for singers who are auditioning for us and for Santa Fe this fall: It’s been a complicated week for many of you, I know. Because of various schedule considerations, Santa Fe Opera went on the road early this fall, and we know that the deadline for many of their offers is today. A

Thank you, Chicago, for the refreshing range of arias we’ve heard this week. Not nearly as repetitive as New York, and I believe we set a new record on Wednesday: 57 arias, only two of which were repeats. Yes, boys and girls, that’s 55 different arias in 7 hours! Chicago: The Food Diary Three days

Today, a focus on singers auditioning for our Studio Artist program! Lead With Your Strengths Because many of our Studio applicants are still undergraduates and some aren’t in environments with strong opera programs, we allow art songs as audition choices. If you’re auditioning for the Studio, please don’t be shy in opening the audition with

Cities, that is. The 7-day New York stint is history.  It was a tough week, and I still have to sort out exactly why. Our new audition digs at the DiMenna Center were amazing. Nice acoustic, enviable NYC creature comforts (clean bathrooms, ample waiting space), a warm-up room, and free WiFi. But the daily slog

The corners of the room have never been more attractive, it seems. So much so that we were contemplating moving our table from the center so that we could see people’s faces. But after wondering for a while why so few audition arias were being sung in our direction, we learned that some singers were

After auditions yesterday afternoon we decided to try to hit the High Line. Obviously such a good idea that all of the tourists in the city shared it… I understand that the High Line is a lovely thing, but shoulder-to-shoulder on a summery Sunday is not the best way to experience it. (Rahree went running

It’s more than a little surreal that we’re on the audition trail already. And the beautiful summery weather in New York has me even further confounded. Short sleeves and warm sunshine ≠ arias and rep lists. Feels as if there’s some sort of tear in the fabric of the cosmos. Yet here we are, hunkering

OK, thanks for tolerating my final perfunctory oh-no!-another-application-deadline-is-upon-us! post of the audition season: The final deadline for applications for the fall 2011 audition tour is tonight (Friday 9/3o) at midnight EDT. This deadline includes applications for the Vienna VA, Cincinnati, and Houston sites. I’ll be back to my usual entertaining and informative self (all things