Major Players at the opera When going to an opera, there are a multitude of people involved in making what you experience. Here is an incomplete list of the people who will be involved in this. For ease of writing I will refer to people that can be either female or male in the masculine [...] Read more »
An Opera Primer: Preface and Part 1
Preface: feel free to skip down to part one if you don’t want to read about where I got the idea A few weeks ago over dinner I was discussing my upcoming opera with some friends and my friend Tommy turned to me and said, Dan I have no idea what you are talking about. [...] Read more »
5 minutes to better music
I have been thinking a lot lately about how to prepare and learn music. Everyone I talk to seems to have their own process. What seems to be the hardest thing is figuring out how to start and how to manage your time when working and studying a larger piece of music. So I am [...] Read more »
Opera Manhattan
I had the great pleasure of working with a new up and coming opera company in New York last week, Opera Manhattan. I sang the role of Scarpia for the first time in concert with them, and I have to tell you that it was a real pleasure. Professional through and through with musical standards [...] Read more »
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