Dream Roles and Fach Expectations

Question: And more musically: what are your dream roles with your current fFach? Do you have any expectation/desires about what might continue to develop with your voice? I realize this patron only asked what my dream roles in my current Fach were, but because I love opera I wanna share some of my favorites. Regardless […]

Gidon Saks on Gender in Opera

I’ve recently become involved with Opera on Tap Berlin‘s production of ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann‘, which is going up on February 20/21 at the Stummfilmkino Delphi in Berlin (get tickets here). In singing the character tenor parts in the show, I’ve been able to experience a completely different kind of singing acting than I’ve experienced before. Sure, I’ve […]

Whose voice is that?

I’ve been on testosterone for about 8 months now. There have been a whole host of changes that have happened to me physically, emotionally, and vocally. I won’t go into a lot of details about the first two, but here’s a breakdown of the vocal changes: Lower pitch Timbre of singing different quality Low overtones present […]