Tag Archives: Miss Mussel
my favorite #operaplots: a 21-plot salute!
Last week, Twitter was more fun than a barrel of baritones because of the 2011 #Operaplot Contest organized by “The Omniscient Mussel.” Each day of the contest, I savored reading all the opera plots appearing in my Twitter feed, noting my favorites, promising to revisit … Continue reading
Filed under Contest, Opera and humor, Opera and social media
hunkering down for #operaplot 2011
I don’t know how I missed the Omniscient Mussel’s Save-the-Date post regarding #Operaplot 2011. But I visited Miss Mussel’s website, and there it was. Operaplot 2011 will take place between April 11 and 15 (the same days I’ve been called for jury duty–I don’t … Continue reading
Filed under Audience participation, Contest
six opera events to celebrate in 2010
James Valenti Wins Richard Tucker Award (April 16) The Richard Tucker Award has been called ”the Heisman Trophy of Opera.” It’s a $30,000 prize recognizing an American singer on the cusp of an international opera career, and on April 16, 2010, James Valenti was named the winner. … Continue reading
“best of” countdown #2 – 2010 #operaplot entries for ‘Don G’ sparkle
(first published May 3, 2010) For opera-involved (-crazed, -cranked, -obsessed, etc.) individuals, the Twittersphere was crackling with entries last week in #operaplot 2010, or, how to reduce the plot of an entire opera to a Tweet–140 characters including a hashtag and the word … Continue reading
Filed under 21st Century Opera, Best of Operatoonity, Don Giovanni, favorites
meet a winning operaplotter–Daniel John Kelley!
It was like Christmas in springtime or watching an online Oscar ceremony (only more entertaining). Today, the winners of the 2010 Operaplot contest selected by tenor Jonas Kauffman were announced on The Omniscient Mussel and regaled on Twitter, of course, and many other places in cyberspace. This … Continue reading
Filed under Classic Opera, Interviews, Opera Marketing
