The Struggle of the American Opera Singer

When confronted with someone who is unfamiliar with opera, I often hear “so it’s like musical theater?” And that’s not a surprising response from the average American. After all, musical theater is a great American tradition. It was born here and is uniquely our own and therefore at least somewhat familiar even to those who […]

The Certainty of Uncertainty

One thing that most artists can agree on is that nothing is guaranteed. Creative minds are almost always aware that the pathway is never set in stone. There’s no one-stop shop to becoming an artist, but how great would that be? Imagine going to college saying “I’d like to be an opera singer, please.” The […]