The Fall Draft! ft. Will Crutchfield
The team makes its picks for the fall including performances at Opera Columbus, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Newberry Consort & Haymarket Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, the Met, Opera Lafayette, Seattle Opera, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Boston Early Music Festival. Then, Will Crutchfield, artistic director of Teatro Nuovo, takes a Free Throw on ornamenting a bel canto cabaletta. The renowned conductor, musicologist, and vocal coach gives a webinar for The Jüssi Bjorling Society on “The Tenor Voice and the 20th Century” on November 6th.
In the Two-Minute Drill, new visa procedures frustrate foreign singers seeking work in the U.S., Friend of the Show Alexandra LoBianco is ready for The Big Game after recovering from vocal injury, and two retired sopranos repair broken voices in a palazzo in Italy, caftan optional.
No injury incurred as a result of these ornaments
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