“Give me a laundry list and I’ll set it to music.” –Rossini Italian composer Gioachino Rossini is arguably the operatic master of the early nineteenth-century. A mogul in the Italian and Parisian Opera circuits, Rossini revolutionized the form during its transition from the Classical to Romantic period with his personal artistic flare. Not only memorable […]
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There is no “prize” out there
Janaka at MYOpera has asked me to write on the topic of “traversing the freelance lifestyle”. I had to ask myself, “How could I, as one artist just out of school, speak to the multitude of experiences out there?” Suddenly I was reminded of a video that first came to my attention the week before […]
Alumni Adventures: Anna Theodosakis, Stage Director
Anna Theodosakis directed The Rape of Lucretia (2016) and shares her busy and rewarding summer experiences! My motto this summer was “you’re only young once”. It’s every young artists dream to book back-to-back contracts and this summer I had the immense privilege to work on four productions in under three months in three different provinces. […]