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	Interviewing Alfie Boe: Royal Opera House and the ENO are “too proud and too stupid” by Gramilano Arts Blog 01.03.2012 Alfie Boe is good at upsetting people. He speaks his mind, leaving diplomacy at home, and not thinking…	Read Full Story
	"Children should be exposed opera and the art of opera" - Francisco Nuñez by C. M. Rubin 12.22.2011 It isn't unusual for children to sing in opera. They have been doing that for years either as characters in operas…	Read Full Story
	Opera's year in review by Rupert Christiansen 12.20.2011 Unavoidably the most expensive of the performing arts, opera is peculiarly vulnerable to the current economic chill,…	Read Full Story
	Opera's battle for the big screen by Charlotte Higgins 12.09.2011 In Peter Gelb's office at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, there's a screen that's flush with the wall so it resembles…	Read Full Story
	Money mustn't be allowed to rule the world by Tiffany Jenkins 12.06.2011 Imagine if, at the end of a concert, elated by the performance, senses stimulated, you are asked to evaluate it. Chances…	Read Full Story
	Opera in the movies... and vice versa by Ben Sachs 12.06.2011 As someone who enjoys opera but can rarely afford to see it live, I regard the Gene Siskel Film Center’s current…	Read Full Story
	Bringing Opera back from the Dead by Shelley DuBois 12.06.2011 FORTUNE -- Just about every executive has to deal with conflicting demands, attracting talent, and reaching a new audience.…	Read Full Story
	At Curtis Institute of Music, a new measure of success by Peter Dobrin 12.04.2011 Sitting on the eastern edge of Rittenhouse Square on almost any day can mean a serendipitous encounter with emerging…	Read Full Story
	Fancy a sex-change for a day? by Clare McCaldin 09.11.2011 What is it about cross-dressing? On my local London streets unusual clothing has so long been the norm that only the…	Read Full Story
	From student to professional: Some thoughts on how to navigate the demands of becoming a professional opera singer by Kala Maxym 09.02.2011 You might wonder how the steps to becoming a professional opera singer are any different from those you might take…	Read Full Story
	Harmoneats: The Singer's Digest, Part 1 by Jessica Slatkoff Arteaga 09.02.2011 What do singers eat?Most people would and do think that singers are just like everyone else. Yes, we are, at least…	Read Full Story
	Swinging on the squeaky gate: The joys of singing modern music by Clare McCaldin 09.01.2011 Swinging on the squeaky gate - the joys of singing modern musicI suspect quite a lot of singers don’t enjoy singing…	Read Full Story
	Wayward Sisters and wayward musicologists: Understanding Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas by A.J. Fellows 09.01.2011 Wayward Sisters and wayward musicologists – understanding Purcell’s Dido and AeneasIf you want to understand…	Read Full Story
	Kill the Wabbit! by Shelly Ann Edge 08.25.2011 Who among us was not exposed to Bugs Bunny and his compatriots in Warner Brothers cartoons growing up? Whether…	Read Full Story
	Il fiatto sotteraneo by Frank Morelli 07.20.2011 It is exciting to witness the birth of something as wonderful and promising as TOI. To be connected with like-minded…	Read Full Story
	All the tax questions you always needed answered but never wanted to ask by Guy P. Novo 06.18.2011 The answers to these questions are basically applicable to high earners as well as young artists at the start of their…	Read Full Story
	A Rant from the Balcony Box by Meche Kroop 06.17.2011 Some people have religion. Some have sports. I have opera. I take it seriously. I rarely miss…	Read Full Story
	A load of old pants: gender bending at the opera by Clare McCaldin 06.01.2011 Anyone who has ever been in the UK at Christmas time and witnessed that great British institution, the Pantomime, will…	Read Full Story
	About the Alexander Technique: The first in a series of articles about The Alexander Technique by Lori Schiff 05.27.2011 About the Alexander Technique: The first in a series of articles about The Alexander TechniqueBy Lori Schiff, M.AmSAT“I…	Read Full Story