Hello Opera Fans! My name is Nicholas Borg, and I am super excited to be playing the role of Tarquinius in MYOpera’s The Rape of Lucretia. All of Benjamin Britten’s operas, and particularly Lucretia have always been fascinating to me, and last year I ended up writing a paper entitled “Benjamin Britten’s Depictions of Society […]
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Alumni Spotlight – Giovanni Spanu
Giovanni Spanu is a MYOpera alumnus twice over! He was in our 2012 production of L’Elisir d’Amore as the zany Dr Dulcamara and in the Triple Bill in 2013 as the title role in Le magicien. Giovanni combined his beautiful baritone and talents of comedic timing paired with his prodigious ability to grow facial hair ensured the […]
The MYOpera Rebrand Story
I’m here to tell you about MYOpera’s recent rebrand from Metro Youth Opera. You may already know the story. I founded Metro Youth Opera in 2010 to create viable, paid performance experiences for emerging artists throughout the world of opera. I was a young artist myself at the time, no longer in school, and I realized there […]