This week I am telling you a little about my trials and errors in putting on a show! You need to take a number of steps when putting on an opera, so here are my basic to-dos. I'm sure there is even more, but you're an Operapreneur, and you'll figure it all out!

Keep singing, opera lovers!

This week's episode is a very real, very open chat with San Francisco Bay Area tenor, Michael Orlinsky. He is in the bands Your Stray Dog and the Rabbit Hole Orchestra, as well as an operatic tenor, composer, and recitalist. Learn more about his shows on Facebook or Instagram, and follow Michael Orlinsky on YouTube to hear some of his songs written for the song a day project.

Why do so many opera companies feel the need to cast based on beauty standards from Vogue and Cosmo magazine instead of looking at the singer's actual voice!? The Fach system has many singers stressed about finding repertoire that they will be cast in, not to mention feeling anxiety around body shape and size. Let's get away from that idea and sing what we love to sing. Forget how the media thinks we "should look" XO

Jealousy and fear of missing out become negative little green (with envy) monsters in our heads. Where are they coming from and what can we do to let go of these nasty feelings??

Short and sweet this week. Some books I have really enjoyed as an artist/entrepreneur/opera singer & highly recommend to you.

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

It's Not JUST About the Gig by Dana Fonteneau

#Influencer by Brittany Hennessey

The 21st Century Singer by Susan Mohini Kane

Awakening Your Business Brain by Jennifer Rosenfeld and Julia Torgoviskaya

The Musician's Breath by James Jordan, Nova Thomas, and Mark Moliterno

Autobiographies by Renee Fleming, Jessye Norman

Connect with me and let me know what your favorite books are! What inspires you as an artist!

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Fitness & Diets, what we should be doing as opera singers for optimal health!

Today we sit down with two of my very dear friends, The Letterboxers, a ukulele duo featuring classical singers Winona Hendrick and John Mansfield.

Check them out on Instagram @theletterboxers and be sure to check out their Youtube channel and like and subscribe!

It is so hard to walk into an opera audition and know what is going to happen. We have to be touch yet vulnerable and sometimes that can really take a toll on our musicianship. I hope you will join me in today's Operapreneur Podcast in talking about the opera audition and how to deal with rejection so that our egos don't become so damaged we lose our sense of artistry.

It's hard to find the right voice teacher or vocal coach to work with. Here are some of my red flags when chatting with new coaches and teachers, and some of my advice for searching for someone to work with! Opera singing is such a specific field and there are so many "voice teachers" out there - how to find the right one and BE the right one.

Some ideas for getting the most out of the YAPs and Summer Programs for young opera singers.