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.
By:
James Harrington
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367421519
ISBN 10: 0367421518
Series: CMS Emerging Fields in Music
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 15 June 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
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.
