a must read article about the current state of opera.
While the news is grim, I find this post far, far more realistic and hopeful than a lot of other commentary I've been reading. Here's hoping some of the views expressed are possible realities; they certainly suggest a better prognosis than the current state of affairs.
Welcome
After months resisting the blogosphere, I've finally caved; somehow, it just seems like the time to start writing a little more - and more publicly - about my life as an opera singer, voice teacher and mom juggling family life with a full-time performing career both on and off the road. I wouldn't give up either element of my "double life" for anything, but it does make for some interesting challenges!
I consider myself immensely fortunate in that my career is also my passion. Any love affair with the lyric stage is a very capricious and sometimes one-sided relationship, but I still love it, despite its unpredictability and difficulty. I love to get out there and perform, privileged to make some of the greatest music ever written with wonderful colleagues who never cease to inspire and amaze me. Those moments of pure joy are worth the frustration and hard work that often accompany getting there! Of course, exciting and rewarding as that may be, the greatest role in which I've ever been cast is mom to my daughter, now 11 years old.
Does it take compromises to make it work? Definitely. But I consider myself fortunate to have carved out a way of doing both, however crazy it may sometimes be. Welcome to the madhouse!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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