Black Lives Matter. For too long, the opera industry has participated in violence towards BIPOC. Blackface, brownface, and yellowface are common occurrences even at the highest levels of our art form. Singers of color are too often only used as performative tokenism, their pain is used for profit, and their voices are relegated to the…
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One of the hardest things about working for yourself as an artist is the fact that you have to create and present an image of yourself online as someone who is worth hiring. Creating the image is not only hard, but it borderline feels icky. Making everything look good, hiding flaws and imperfections, debating how…
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In the midst of COVID-19, there is so much uncertainty, chaos, rumor, and fear. For the past week, I’ve been seeing so much information being posted and shared and re-posted and shared again. It can be overwhelming. Even writing this was overwhelming. But it’s so important to sift through and find what you need. I’ve…
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Name: Matthew Maisano aka the incredible Drag Queen Balena Canto Voice Type: Baritone Correlating Career(s): Librarian by day, Drag Queen by night! Recent Performances: Ensemble (The Love of Three Oranges) with Opera Philadelphia, Multiple Performances as Balena Canto in Philadelphia, Senex (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) with Natchez Festival of…
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Kristen Seikaly is a blogger, content writer, and creative writer. She also happens to be an ex-opera singer. She’s got a MM from Westminster Choir College in Voice Performance and Pedagogy and has performed in venues such as the Kimmel Center and Academy of Music, and has participated in operatic productions with companies such as…
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If you’ve sung in the Philadelphia area, odds are you’ve worked with Amelia Wilber. She’s a soprano and she’s sung with many of the Philly area companies and choruses: The Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, OperaDelaware, The Princeton Singers, Delaware Valley Opera Company, to name a few. Amelia is also a kind, insightful, thoughtful person and being…
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If you’re an opera singer, then you have probably heard of Eugenia Forteza. She’s the founder and editor of 360° of Opera, the social media account focused on highlighting every aspect of opera, from behind the scenes, to singers in rehearsal, to the grand stage itself. 360° of Opera is a voice for the community…
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As a freelance singer, I find that I am on the computer A LOT. When I’m not practicing or at rehearsal, the internet is where I do my work: looking for auditions, applying for jobs, writing emails (my boyfriend says I am a professional email writer), updating social media so you look like you’re doing…
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No one wants to do a Pay-to-Sing–not unless you have millions of dollars tucked away somewhere. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to learn from wonderful teachers in some quaint town in Tuscany every summer, but a) I can’t afford it, and b) it is really going to progress my career? When I graduated from…
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On February 25, I hosted an opera meet-up I called “Women in Opera Unite!” and invited a bunch of cool women opera singers living in NYC. The invite read: You are invited to this because you are an awesome person doing awesome things to further your career, and I would like to invite you to…
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