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- 73: Budgeting + Saving with Tiffany Soricelli
Tiffany Soricelli is back, this time addressing all your budgeting and saving questions!
Working in the gig economy means you're not getting a paycheck on a regular basis, and when you do get paid it's in a lump sum, which makes it tempting to go spend all that freshly earned money! Tiffany knows what this is like and since launching Virtuoso Advising and Virtuoso Asset Management, she makes it her business to help artists get a handle on their finances.
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57 min - 72: Back to SchoolIt's Back to School season!! New school supplies, class schedules, and a million upcoming auditions makes for an exciting yet hectic time!If you're headed into another year of music school, we've rounded up our best tips for setting goals, organizing your schedule, brushing up your audition skills, and taking charge of your progress. We also share all of the things we wish we had known in school!Here are the other episodes we mention for further listening:New Year, New Opera ( On goal Setting )Making a ResumePrepping an Audition PackageBuilding MotivationShop Opera Offstage: Performance Resume Templatehttps://www.opera-offstage.com/product-page/performance-resume-template
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37 min - 71: Finding Yourself As A MusicianBeing a classical musician is hard. In an industry that stresses performance practice, tradition, and an academic hierarchy that often creates conformity, it's easy to lose your sense of self as an artist. It's so important, especially as we head back into auditions and school, to take a step back and do some searching on who we are as artists and why we make music.In this episode, we talk about what it means to know yourself as an artist and some really great questions to begin asking yourself to gain a deeper understanding of yourself as a musician.
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45 min - 70: Happy Birthday Florence Foster Jenkins!Happy Birthday Florence Foster Jenkins!Today we are celebrating one of the most notorious sopranos in classical music.This week, we discuss the highlights of her unorthodox career and how she pursued her love of music to the fullest. How does a woman who lacked any sense of pitch or rhythm go from performing small productions for her prominent social clubs to a sold out recital at Carnegie Hall? Whether what brought her to the stage was delusions of grandeur or a genuine desire to make music regardless of others' opinions, Florence Foster Jenkins's story is filled with many valuable lessons on being an entertainer, the meaning of success, and faking it until you make it!
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41 min - 68: Why is American Opera so Unpopular?
If you ask a classical musician where the best operas are made, almost no one would say the US.
The US is a major power house of entertainment in film, music, and theater, so why is American opera so unpopular, not only abroad but also in the US itself?
Today we're diving into the how history and perception has shaped opera in America. We talk about our favorite American operas, whether or not English is an ugly language, and how the beginnings of opera in the US might have spoiled it for everyone.
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41 min - 67: One Year Later - Issues in Opera: Racism
On June 9th, 2020, we released our first Issues In Opera episode covering the ugly truths of opera's long (and current) history with racism. Now over a year later, we're checking back in on the progress we've made, and all of the up's and down's we've had along the way.
In this episode we circle back to cover some of the incredible progress key members of the opera community have made in the pursuit of making our industry more equitable, diverse, and inclusive. We cover Black Opera Alliance's pledge and the work they are doing to keep opera companies accountable and actionable, and discuss the dangers of advocacy for show. We also reflect on the ways advocacy has grown and changed over the past year and ways we can all stay active towards making change after we return to life after the pandemic. Lastly, we celebrate some joyful projects and news from the past year.
Review the BOA's Pledge
Central City Opera's IDEA overview
We See You, White American Theater's list of demands
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43 min - 66: Offstage Chat: Spencer BrittenToday we are so excited to get to interview Spencer Britten!Chinese Canadian triple threat Spencer Britten is a multi-talented performer with the resume and sparkling personality to match. Spencer is currently a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden and has previously performed with Opéra de Montréal and in the Glimmerglass Festival. This year he will join Staatsoper Berlin as a Studio artist and be performing in Ariadne auf Naxos, Tannhäuser, Rigoletto, Die Zauberflöte, Der Rosenkavalier, La bohème, La Traviata, Salome, and La fanciulla del west.We got to ask him all about being a content creator, moving to and performing in Germany with his fiancé, his thoughts about the ongoing conversation surrounding racism and exoticism in the opera industry, and what advice he would've given himself as a young artist.
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39 min - 65: Travel Better + Cheaper
Now that things are opening up again and we're looking at a season of possible live auditions in other cities, we've got an important question to answer:
How can I travel better and cheaper?
Luckily, we have some tips and tricks to make your next audition trip cheaper and a whole lot less stressful. We cover how to find the best deals on flights and hotels, which airlines have the most hidden fees, what you should (and shouldn't!) be packing, and lots of advice to make your next trip as smooth as possible.
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53 min - 64: Happy Pride!
Happy Pride!
The LGBTQ+ community has always been an integral part of the classical music community, and today we're celebrating by sharing some queer music history and figures you may not know yet!
We also talk about an exciting new documentary celebrating the first transgender singer to sing a lead at a major opera house and some LGBTQ+ musical groups and societies you should know.
The Documentary:
The Sound of Identity
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43 min - 63: Performance Disasters
We've all had good and bad days on stage, but some performances are truly and memorably horrendous.
Today, you shared your best performance horror stories and that honestly put us on an emotional rollercoaster. From voice cracks and forgotten words to faulty music stands and broken noses, clearly we've all had some wildly bad luck on stage. So join us as we share your stories and ours in all their mortifying glory!
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About Opera Offstage
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Opera Offstage explores the grey area between music school and a professional career. We’re here to discuss those important skills and topics that leave you wondering, “Wait, how the heck did I not…
learn about this earlier?” From audition season and recitals to fitness and finances, join us as we talk, joke, and complain about everything it takes to be a classical musician in a modern world.