About Being an Opera Singer: Hanna-Liisa Kirchin at Grange Park Opera

Grange Park Opera is in Guildford, quite a long way from Glasgow!  Tweeting as @GrangeParkOpera, their byline promises "Exceptional opera in the UK's newest opera house - at a most elegant summer festival at West Horsley Place."

Their repertoire is interesting, and what interested us particularly today was the blogpost authored by one of their opera singers. If you're aiming for a career in opera, this might interest you. Hanna-Liisa tweets as  @Hanna_Liisa_K

Introducing Hanna-Liisa: Life of an opera singer

Performing Arts, Whittaker-Library Style

From time to time we share interesting weblinks for our developing artists.

Like these from the Guardian's Culture Professionals blog :- 

• from the Guardian, Top Tips for your Acting CV
• Career Tips for Opera Singers 
• Disability arts: the challenge of ensuring creative momentum

Singing competition in Austria (9-16 April 2013)

'Whittaker' was sent details of the 19th International Singing Competition, 

'Ferruccio Tagliavini'

Deutschlandsberg

For opera singers aged up to 33, and voice students aged up to 24 years.

• Website: www.iso.or.at 
• For further information, please email iso.schubert@aon.at

Musical limericks no.10 (GO VOCAL)

It's the singers' turn ...

The Highs

A cute little Scottish soprano

First encountered her spouse in Milano,

So they cancelled her flight

And were up half the night

Singing amorous songs at the piano.

And the Lows

The contralto said "Bonnie Dundee"

Would suit her range better in C;

But when asked to transpose,

Her accompanist froze;

checked his diary, and croaked, "I'm not free!"

Schwarzkopf (shampoo) anyone?

A vain, image-conscious young tenor

Said hair products packaged for men, or

For family use

Using fruit-fragranced juice

Were not nearly as luscious as henna.

From the valleys

A baritone lad from Caerphilly

Said Strauss operette were silly;

A La Scala role

Was his ultimate goal,

Via Glyndebourne or first, Piccadilly.

 

Musical Limericks no.1 (flute, oboe, clarinet)
Musical Limericks no.2 (bassoon)
Musical Limericks no.3 (trumpet, horn)
Musical Limericks no.4 (Piper, by James Beaton)
Musical Limericks no.5 (tuba, trombone)
Musical Limericks no.6 (saxophone)
Musical Limericks no.7 (violin, viola)
Musical Limericks no.8 (cello, double bass, timpani)
Musical Limericks no.9 (percussion)
Musical Limericks no.10 (singers)

Royal Opera House - what it's like being an opera singer

From the ROH website:-

Jette Parker Young Artists - Insight Evening

21 February 2012 (Calendar)
Clore Studio Upstairs

Introductory: suitable for newcomers

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes | No Interval

Generously supported by
the Paul Hamlyn Education Fund

Next Performance Tue 21 Feb 2012, 7:30 PM

Buy Now

Background

Since 2001 The Royal Opera’s Young Artists Programme has been contributing to the development of the opera stars of the future with coaching ranging from music and sword-fighting to stagecraft and media training. Here, current members, alumni and Royal Opera House staff divulge the intensive two-year process.
Tickets: £16.30 | £7.10 students

How to survive in an opera chorus

Spotted on Twitter:-

How to survive in an opera chorus: Chorus master Tim Burke @spiltmilkman tells all in today's guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jan/12/how-survive-opera-chorus

Opera singers competition, Germany

18th International Competition for Opera Singers 10-17 April 2012

Deutschlandsberg
"Ferruccio Tagliavini"

Internationale Sommerakademie fur Operngesang (I.S.O.)

organised by

Stadtgemeinde Deutschlandsberg

and

Oper Graz

For opera singers (1st section - age limit 33 years) and voice students (2nd section - age limit 24 years)

Email iso.schuber@aon.at for further information.

This will also be posted on Whittaker Live's Awards, Grants, Prizes page.

Auditions for accompanist-repetiteurs, Flanders Opera Studio

Flanders Opera Studio

Auditions for accompanists-repetiteurs will take place in Lisboa, London and Gent in March 2011:-

• Lisbon 7 March
• London 20 March
• Gent 27 March

Visit the website for full details. There are applications for pianists and also for singers, here.

Competition in Estonia for young opera singers

The 7th Klaudia Taev International Competition for Young Opera Singers June 8-12, 2011 in Pärnu, Estonia

Deadline for applications: 8 April 2011.

Further details here.