To celebrate our summer on-sale, this weekend only (March 21/22), you can get rear orchestra and lawn tickets for Butterfly and Aida in Concert for $20 and $10 respectively*. Now, I know that you (a super-dedicated, blog-reading opera lover) will probably want to sit up front. But if you know anyone who might want to enjoy a
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New Admin Position for Summer 2015!
UPDATE 2/20/15: We are no longer accepting applications for this position. We will be reviewing applicants and scheduling interviews over the next several weeks and expect to make an offer by the middle of March at the latest. Know anyone who wants to join our mighty Administrative team this summer? We’re hiring a Rehearsal & Artist
Read MoreSave the Dates!
We are in the midst of planning a knock-out 2015 season, and I can’t wait to share the news at the end of January. In the meantime, even though repertoire and casting details for next summer aren’t available yet, I am happy to share our performance dates for your consideration as you plan your opera festival and
Read MoreAll I Want for Christmas is Some Aria Stats…
OK, you’ve all been very very good this year, so Santa is bringing you exactly what you wanted. That’s right – this fall’s ARIA FREQUENCY LISTS are finally uploaded. Head on over to the Aria page if you are nerdy enough to want to compare this year’s against previous seasons’ lists. Or just scroll down to
Read MoreWe Are Ten
On November 3, this little blog turned 10 years old. I’ve overshot the birthday celebrations by an entire month, but they’ve had to take a back seat to the frenzied assemblage of our 2015 season. (Announcement not forthcoming until the end of January, but I’ll get some save-the-date information out before Christmas.) Today, a look
Read MoreHalloween Hodgepodge
I’m on audition hiatus for a weekend, visiting my son in Seattle (where the Halloween costumes on Capitol Hill are quite entertaining:)) It’s been over a month since my last day away from either audition arias or recital prep, and I am overdue for a recharge. Many are the reasons for which I look forward to our
Read MoreHigh Risk Arias!
Our Chicago week was spent in a lovely room with natural light at Pianoforte Studios on S. Michigan. The staff was terrific, the acoustics was blessedly neutral, and we were surrounded by keyboard instruments. (There’s a Grotrian Steinweg under wraps in the far right corner of the photo; it’s the twin of my piano at
Read MoreOur Box
A silly post, to occupy us as we try to escape Cincinnati. (Booked on one flight, standby on another, delayed on both, waited on the tarmac, now have been banished back to the terminal…) Having failed at trying to get here by plane, we embarked on a 8-hour road trip. Tried to rent a small
Read More‘Nati Road Trip!
Cincinnati auditions came and went, in a whirlwind 2.5 days. Our 5:30am departure for the airport on Saturday morning (following this absolutely beautiful Friday night concert that Lee Anne booked) turned into the beginning of a road trip, as our flight into CVG was cancelled, and no others were available to get us into town
Read MoreNYC Days 3 & 4: Short List! Food!
Today, the first look at the operas that have ended up on the first iteration of our “short list” of possible rep for 2015. But first, doughnuts!!! These landed in our room this morning, thanks to our every-thoughtful auditions monitor. The Doughnut Plant is just a few blocks south. (I’m so sad that I know that
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