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
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Audition Tour Notifications
Pretty dry content today; read on only if you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of when you might hear from us about your audition application or requested audition time change! If you haven’t heard from us by the dates articulated below, write us at wtocauditions@wolftrap.org. IF YOU APPLIED FOR NEW YORK You should have
Read MoreAlmost Ready to Hit the Road…
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
Read MoreDeadlines and Linkage
The second deadline of the audition season looms tonight at midnight DST (for applications for Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco & Seattle). And notifications for the New York site applications are going out as we speak. If we weren’t able to put you through this year, we still wish you all the best as you navigate
Read MoreLooking for Audition Advice? Hit the Archives.
Apologies for my intense silence this fall, but I am lavishing all brain cells on reviewing the huge digital pile of applications in front of me. If you’re trolling for audition season musings and advice, you’ll be well served by checking out the Fall 2009 series of posts devoted to strutting your stuff in the
Read More2012 Application Deadline: New York
The September 16 New York audition site deadline is rapidly approaching. (Yes, I know… it’s early this year.) Start here: www.wolftrap.org/Opera/Audition.aspx
Read MoreWhere We Come From
Now that was something. I’m not given to superlatives. I’m a fan of quietly shepherding and shaping something until it speaks for itself in the most eloquent way possible. Whether it’s my own kids (who are two of the best people on the planet) or the artists we work so hard to support (who do
Read MoreSurprises
Events like this – put together in 36 hours or less, with lots of moving parts – are full of electricity and excitement. But there are the inevitable surprises. (Like the earthquake that disrupted rehearsal this afternoon for an hour…) One of this week’s surprises was an artist cancellation. We just learned that mezzo-soprano Stephanie
Read MoreTrapping Wolves, Part 2
Alan Held, cicadas, a Memorex Moment, and the hot summer of 1987. Read all about it here.
Read MoreTrapping Wolves, Part 1
Bass-baritone Alan Held is just across the river in D.C., rehearsing for Washington National Opera’s Tosca, and he’ll be here next week for our anniversary concert. Surf on over to his blog for today’s post Trapping Wolves – Part 1. In it he talks about his audition for Wolf Trap, in which he sang “Abendlich
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