Tag Archives: New York City Opera
stop picking on NYC Opera!
You manage an opera company. Your expenses exceed your income. That is the scenario you inherited when you stepped in as general manager and is expected to be the scenario moving forward. If you don’t come up with a new … Continue reading
Filed under 21st Century Opera, North American Opera, Op-Ed, Rant
chattin’ up David Lomelí: Mexican tenor, toast of NYC!
He’s an Operalia winner. He’s a recent graduate of San Francisco Opera‘s prestigious Adler Fellows program for the most advanced young singers. As Nemorino in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love presented by New York City Opera this past spring, tenor … Continue reading
opera and humanity . . . perfect together
It’s beautiful and noble. Classy, classical, and charitable. It’s Opera for Humanity (OFH), and it has been aiding children and charities through benefit recitals since 2006. That’s when founder Amy Shoremount-Obra, a classical singer who trained at the Julliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, began combining her musical … Continue reading
Filed under 21st Century Opera, Benefit, Classic Opera, Concert Opera, Heartstoppers, Recitals
“best of” countdown #1 – why do women fall for bad boys?
(first published February 22, 2010) Alpha males. Cads. Rakes. Men behaving badly. Whatever you call them, women know them by their swagger. Just as Don Giovanni can claim to smell femininity, women can smell bad boys, too, literally and figuratively. Women … Continue reading
get with it, NYC, says M.C. Hammer-bee
Though a long-time blogger, normally, I’m not a ranter. Snarky, yes. But ranter, no. But I have a honeybee in my hard hat, and I need to let it out before it stings me. (Swollen isn’t my best look.) … Continue reading
Filed under 21st Century Opera, Classic Opera, Classical Music, Opera Marketing, Rant
