The Aria Ready blog contains over two decades of monthly posts aimed at teaching emerging professional singers how to become a fully-formed artistic professional in today's world of Opera.
DO THIS EXPERIMENT: TAKE A BEAT AND CONSIDER CHANGING WORDS & LABELS. Search out places where you may have labelled something or someone that may no longer belong under that label. The first part of the year is a great time to reevaluate and update the people, processes, and past results in your business and in your personal life, so they are more in line with who you are today and where you plan to be by year’s end.
A few weeks ago, my neighbor and I had the distinct pleasure of being in the audience for both Rigoletto and Die Walküre at The Santa Fe Opera. During our time there, we each heard several people discuss the arts in general, but opera specifically, and how, in today’s world, it can almost seem quaint. […]
Has there ever been a time when toward the end of an especially challenging day, you felt compelled to sit, close your eyes and try to calm your body and quiet your mind because you had an important audition or performance two hours from now? Are you having trouble with this? Is your anxiety level […]
How often do you feel out of control, overwhelmed with all that has to be accomplished to pursue your career? And that is only part of the equation - you still have to do well at school and at your job so you can pay the bills, and have time for loved ones and friends. […]