It's Showtime!

The Fresh Start Scholarship Foundation and Wilmington Women in Business presents --

"It's Showtime!" 

 Thursday, November 7th, at Deer Field Country Club

It's going to be fun!! 

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to all the entertainers on the program, and Alice Yu,  for volunteering for a great cause!!

the next forseeable 6 months

 It's busy with the capital B for us since the end of the summer.
I'll be understudying 3 operas- (Gretel) Hansel& Gretel, (Zerlina)Don Giovanni and (High Priest)Aida with NY Opera Forum, I will also be singing the role of the Shepherdess in Tosca.  All this is happening between now and April 2014--talking about deadlines! I'm excited, nervous and above all, can't wait to sing!

Rest In Peace, Richard

An extraordinary singer, Richard Angas passed away unexpectedly yesterday in England. Our deepest condolences to the Angas family and the singing community. Rest in peace, Richard. 

More reports/articles
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R.I.P Regina Resnik (August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013)

One of my most favorite Mezzo sopranos, I will miss your superb technique and tremendous sense of humor.

 

Also, shame on you, Huffingtonpost, for being completely negligent to your "classical track"....!

Breathing, supporting and finally singing-- priceless lessons Sutherland, Horne and Pavarotti

Yesterday I had a coaching session where I was told to "sing ah-s with a smile to bring out it's expression". While I understand that it is the expression which brings the life and vibrancy to a piece, I don't believe one can constantly sing with a smile, it takes many muscles to form a motion such as a smile, and that would be extra work for singers when muscles are suppose to be "engaged" and not tightened. Today I tried practicing with an "artificial smile", some of the sound came out beautiful but I might have over-done it. Now I have a fatigued, sore and thickened cord. Em, lesson learned. Each singer has his/her natural vertebrato and tune, and the most important key in opera-singing is that the voice can not be put on stress at any time, it must surf with vibrancy and energy, all of which requires a solid foundation and good training. Technique is what we survive on, along with hard work and self confidence. When performing in front of hundreds of people, when you feel like you are about to have a heart attack, remember, this is done everyday and hundreds of years by many many singers--BREATH, SUPPORT AND PROJECT. :)

August report

I'm excited to be performing in this year's fundraising event presented by Fresh Start Scholarship Foundation & Wilmington Women in Business!  Many women have received scholarships, grants and most importantly, mentorship and guidance from FSSF & WWIB.  My mother was also one of the early recipients of this scholarship, that subsequently enabled her to be able to pursue her MD degree!  This is means a lot to me naturally! :) Save the date! For a great cause!

Last but not the least, our amazing original Yankee diva (no offense Joyce, NY has nourished quite a few great divas!) Miss Apreli Millo in the Met scratch tapes 1-6. THANK YOU armandcastelmary for posting these amazing moments in live opera!

 

 

 

 

 

Eh--Summer, consistency's biggest nemisis!

This summer I'm (trying) a daily practice for "Lucia" and "Gilda". I need not to mention the difficulty in practicing solo, right? :0/
I will upload some practice recordings of Mozart later.