On today’s show we talk to conductor Anthony Barrese, who is the artistic director at Opera Southwest and the music director at OperaDelaware.
From the other side of the orchestra pit, he shares his thoughts with us on application fees, audition strategies for singers, and why he sometimes only accepts baked goods as payment for coachings.
He also speaks about his committment to making sure that his young artist program serves not only the company, but also the educational and career goals of the singers they hire.
And have we mentioned his amazing webseries Conductors in Karts Getting Cookies? (It’s exactly as fun and wonderfully nerdy as you think!)
Many thanks for joining us, Maestro!
Notable mentions in today’s episode:
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Music
“Basic Implosion”, “Too Cool”, and “Rainbows” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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