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Need a new bio? We do that.

Need a new bio? We do that.

Does your biography start with the words "hailed", "praised", or "lauded"? Is it old and out-of-date? Do you want a bio that reads as interesting as you are?

Jenna Simeonov
Fresh avant-garde: The Happenstancers film Pierrot Lunaire

Fresh avant-garde: The Happenstancers film Pierrot Lunaire

Pierrot Lunaire translates eerily well to film, especially in the hands of this team. Shot in black and white and with moments of harsh chiarioscuro in Adam Harris' lighting design, we're brought into the delicate world of a chamber group set-up.

Jenna Simeonov
Listening to pop music: an opera critics's running playlist

Listening to pop music: an opera critics's running playlist

The cool thing about being an over-educated musician listening to pop music while on a runner's high is that you can do what I call varsity-level listening. It just means that compared to how the average person who didn't do two degrees in Western classical music, you're listening to music with more tools in your ears.

Jenna Simeonov
A thoroughly divided opera world, great.

A thoroughly divided opera world, great.

Today, the opera world seems firmly divided in two: those who are with Angel Blue, and those who are with Anna Netrebko. These two sopranos have become the current faces of the current issue in the opera industry, and I've already started making gross generalizations about people who choose one side or the other.

Jenna Simeonov
Essay: Tuning In to Developing Your Craft

Essay: Tuning In to Developing Your Craft

From "The Things They Didn't Teach You At Conservatoire"

Laura Attridge
Essay: Tuning In to Getting Ahead

Essay: Tuning In to Getting Ahead

From "The Things They Didn't Teach You At Conservatoire"

Laura Attridge
Essay: Tuning In to Looking After Yourself

Essay: Tuning In to Looking After Yourself

From "The Things They Didn't Teach You At Conservatoire"

Laura Attridge
Essay: Tuning In to What Makes You Unique

Essay: Tuning In to What Makes You Unique

From: The Things They Didn't Teach You At Conservatoire

Laura Attridge
The MET Orchestra reigns and Goerke sings Sieglinde

The MET Orchestra reigns and Goerke sings Sieglinde

The blazing orchestra doesn't so much compensate for the lack of the sword and tree but more accurately supplants the need for such paraphernalia.

John Hohmann
A Torrent of Light: the future of opera

A Torrent of Light: the future of opera

Every part of the playing space could function as a projection screen. It was some of the most exciting tech I've ever seen in a show.

Greg Finney

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