Building a Career in Opera from School to Stage: Operapreneurship - James Harrington

Building a Career in Opera from School to Stage: Operapreneurship

CMS Emerging Fields in Music
Buch | Hardcover
154 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-42151-9 (ISBN)
62,30 inkl. MwSt
This book teaches early-career singers how to pursue a career in the opera industry. Today's voice students leave the conservatory with better training than ever but still face challenges of managing their own careers after graduation. This book covers what singers need to know to craft a career path in the contemporary landscape of opera.
Building a Career in Opera from School to Stage: Operapreneurship provides early-career singers with an overview of the structure of the opera industry and tools for strategically approaching a career within it. Today's voice students leave the conservatory with better training than ever, but often face challenges to managing their own careers after graduation. This book addresses what singers need to know in order to craft a career path in the contemporary landscape of opera.

Readers learn about the opera industry's structure, common pathways and entry points, non-academic training programs, researching and evaluating opportunities, crafting professional documents and media, and what it means to be a professional opera singer. Written by a singer with recent experience in the industry—and particularly the emerging phase—this book is a practical guide for all singers embarking on a career in opera.

The author's website, www.OperaCareers.com, hosts additional resources including databases of training programs, guides and templates for creating professional documents, as well as articles addressing current industry issues and interviews with subject matter experts.

James Harrington is a professional operatic bass and Paul J. Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Fellow at the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, he worked for several years in the music industry before deciding to train as an opera singer. He holds the Master of Music in voice performance from Florida State University and is pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts in voice at the University of Wisconsin. As a singer, he has appeared with the Santa Fe Opera, Portland Opera, Nashville Opera, Teatro Nuovo, Sarasota Opera, and Opera Idaho, among others.

Series Editor's Introduction

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

PART I : The Industry from 30,000 Feet

CHAPTER 1 : Opera Companies

CHAPTER 2 : Other Performing Arts Organizations

CHAPTER 3 : Management

PART II : How a Young Singer Prepares

CHAPTER 4 : Formal Training

CHAPTER 5 : Non-Academic Training Programs: PTSs, YAPs, and RAPs

CHAPTER 6 : Your Team

CHAPTER 7 : Research

PART III : The Nuts and Bolts of Booking Work

CHAPTER 8 : Professional Documents

CHAPTER 9 : Cultivating Your Online Presence

CHAPTER 10 : You, Inc. (Building Your Business)

CHAPTER 11: Auditions, Rep Books, and Pianists

CHAPTER 12 : Beyond #bookedandblessed: Working in an Opera House

EPILOGUE: The Best of All Possible Careers

Glossary

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie CMS Emerging Fields in Music
Zusatzinfo 8 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Allgemeines / Lexika
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10 0-367-42151-8 / 0367421518
ISBN-13 978-0-367-42151-9 / 9780367421519
Zustand Neuware
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