sandiegoopera

That's incredibly kind, thank you. I would go Sherlock Holmes, Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, and Maria Callas. I would be serving a dinner of New Orleans cuisine a shrimp remoulade, red beans and rice, crawfish bisque jambalaya boiled crawfish with a dessert being New Orleans style bread pudding oh, and what would be playing on the stereo would be Rachmaninoff piano Concerto No. 2

Tom Jones would have been one hell of a Heldentenor.

I would say Tosca and Wagner's Ring Cycle. Oh my gosh, where was that Tosca that you were in the boys choir?

I like to think that the training that goes into being an opera singer is much like anything else; you have to find a way to use it for good😊

every piece is difficult to conduct. In their own way, they all have their difficulties. Our Gianna Schicchi is a really tricky ensemble opera that needs to fit in with the orchestra like a fast moving puzzle. But Suor Angelica has its own tricky bits, with the flexibility required to paint the character‘s emotions.

funny stories? Here’s one! I was just starting the overture to Gounod’s Faust at the Paris Opera when the lights totally went out in the pit. Much to my amazement, the orchestra just kept playing the 3" overture until they got to the end without seeing their music. It was astonishing (and scary). Turns out the electricians were going on strike (during the performance!)