Back after the bombs

Okay.....so I haven't updated the blog for a while. I am living in London and until now, really haven't been back to normal, so I apologize.

To see some of my thoughts on the bombings, please visit the London Jobs Blog. Also, please consider signing the pledge against attacks on Muslims.

How to be annoying at a concert

A tongue in cheek guide to really really bad concert etiquette. If you want to actually be a good audience member, just do pretty much the opposite and you'll be off to a good start.

Opera Today

Opera Today has reviews, other articles (various languages).

I need to sound English

Okay. So remember how I was auditioning for Mabel? Well, got it. So now I have to figure out how to sound English. Like Madonna. Question is, which fake English accent should I go for? London? Cornwall? Jordie?

Places to win stuff

Today the postman showed up and in his hands was a package for me.....I had won a Proms CD from the BBC. Woohoo! I'm very excited. Anyway, obviously I am now going to apply for any contest/ competition going so I thought I'd make a list. Again, I'm in the U.K. but I'll list a bunch of Canadian stuff too if I can find it.

United Kingdom

• BBC Proms
• Classic FM

More later

CNET Artist Upload Help Center

If you want to promote yourself by posting your mp3 files, you can do it on CNET for free. Each artist gets up to 50mb of space.

Promoting performances

Places where you can post a free concert listing/ promo. I'm Canadian, in U.K. so these are a bit biased....

• Cadenza
• CanadianArtsNet (Canadians)
• New Forum for Classical Singers
  
• Musi-Cal
• Toronto.com (events in Toronto)
• Eye (Toronto)
• Now Magazine (Toronto)
• CitySearch (cities across North America)
• Concert-Diary
• Opus1 Classical
• Classical Concert Diary (United Kingdom)
• MusicNotes.ca (Canada)
• Your local newspaper(s)
• La Scena Musicale (Canada)
• The Whole Note (Toronto and area)
• MoJam
• BlahBlah (United Kingdom)
• TorontoWide.com (er...Toronto)
• Bravo! (Canada)
• Canada.com (Canada: choose your city first)
• CityTV (Toronto/ Vancouver: Community ->Community Calendar)

That's all for now...

GMN.com - News

GMN.com - News: "Eileen Farrell dies
The great American Soprano, Eileen Farrell died Saturday 24 March at the age of 82 in a nursing home in Park Ridge, New Jersey."

Premiere for a lost Vivaldi opera - Arts & Leisure - International Herald Tribune

Lost Vivaldi opera found:
Premiere for a lost Vivaldi opera - Arts & Leisure - International Herald Tribune: "How the work, 'Motezuma,' was received at its premiere at the Teatro di Sant'Angelo in Venice in the fall of 1733 is not known. But it can be assumed that it did not revive Vivaldi's fortunes. He wrote at least two more operas in Venice before moving to Vienna in March 1740 to seek the patronage of the Hapsburg Empire. And it was there, reportedly in a state of penury, that he died on July 28, 1741.
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This Day in Classical Music History: June 15

This Day in Classical Music History: June 15 - The Classical Buffet: "1843: Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (originally Greig), composer, born."

Other days

The Stage (London, U.K.)

The Stage Online :: Recruitment :: Auditions: once in a very blue moon they advertise here for opera singers. Usually it's just for "glamour" models and pole dancers. But sometimes.

Opera Blogs

Just went looking to see how many of us there are. Liked these:

• NYC Opera Fanatic
• Trrill
• Sieglinde's Diaries
• vilaine fille
  

Yahoo! Groups : coloratura

Yahoo! Groups : coloratura is a very active discussion group about coloratura sopranos.