Why should we transpose operatic music?
Prologue: the transpose post that stirred too much trouble A few years ago I accidentally caused a storm on a social media group: a young tenor who got hired to sing a well-known role in an even better-known opera in a small private company in Europe was having issues...
Lyric or dramatic? How to determine your voice type
What’s your voice type? Lyric or dramatic? Let me start with a rant: it has become a common practice, in colleges and conservatories around the world, for teachers to become extremely fearful of “pushing” the young singer. While it’s quite...
How to sing high notes?
Within the 1st week of getting to know James McCray back in the late 90s, I became his translator during many lessons he was giving at the opera house in Serbia to singers who weren’t sufficiently proficient in English, Italian or German. I was a 16 years old singing...
How to audition successfully
Let’s face it- It’s nerve wrecking. Auditioning. That time when we get an email or a phone call confirming our time slot for the audition. Years of training, singing lessons, coaching, acting – all summed up in the next 10 minutes on the day of the audition....ARTax Music
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