Posts Tagged: Opera

5 things to know about Rossini: the man, the music, the legacy

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“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 […]

There is no “prize” out there

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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 Spotlight: Jan Nato

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Jan Nato was in MYOpera’s 2013 Triple Bill production, performing in both Mavra (Stravinsky) and Le Magicien (Vallerand). In the photo above you see him as Arlequin with Alyson Spina as Columbine in Le Magicien (2013). Jan shares with MYOpera what he’s been up to recently! 1.Where are you from?  I was born in the […]