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In this scoop........
The Seven Sopranos Our New Brochure A Little Gossip from the Career of Jose Carbo International Opera Teacher Returns to her Home Town of Brisbane Are You Being Served? Glenn Amer's Fountain Pen... |
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"Opera in English, is, in the main , just about as sensible as baseball in Italian" H.L. Mencken - Prejudices " Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, sings" Richard Benchley "No good opera plot can ever be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible" - WH Auden "Mozart is happiness before it has gotten defined" Arthur Miller "One day I'm a prostitute and the next day I'm a nun. Where else could you get instant conversion like that?" Just your average opera singer "A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car" Kenneth Tynan "There was a time when I saw eleven operas in a fortnight....which left me bankrupt and half idiotic for a month." JB Priestley "Long experience has taught me that no-one goes to the theatre or the opera in England unless he or she has bronchitis." James Agate And my personal favourites "I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise" Noel Coward "I am sitting in the smallest room in my house. I have your review before me. Soon it will be behind me" Max Reger to a critic
NOT So will deg@opera-opera.com.au Or call in to see us at Links to Operatic Young Artist Programs Worldwide Covent Garden YAPs Ok - so you think you can sing and you have done your time treading the boards at a conservatorium or your local opera company or just having singing lessons and you want to see where you are rated in the world after all your hard work .......try some of these auditions..... oh, and get a part time job too as they don't pay well! Jette Parker YAP- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden The Met, New York - Lindemann YAP Washington YAP - Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program
Come to the Joan Sutherland Society's Gala 30th Anniversary Concert at St. Paul's Church, BURWOOD, Sydney, NSW on Sunday 01 June at 2pm. For more information contact committee@joansutherlandsociety.com or 02) 9789 1910 The Joan Sutherland Society of Sydney was formed in 1978 to provide financial assistance and encouragement to aspiring young singers by funding The Joan Sutherland Society of Sydney Scholarship and The Encouragement Award as part of The McDonald's Performing Arts Challenge. In 2007, THE JOAN SUTHERLAND SOCIETY OF SYDNEY VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP became THE JOAN SUTHERLAND & RICHARD BONYNGE VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP including singers up to 25 years and the value doubled to $5,000. The Marja Baudish Encouragement Award was increased to $1,500.
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Dear [subscriber-firstname] Welcome to our first Sirens Scoop for 2008.
The Seven Sopranos whose soaring voices will bring audiences to their feet with stunning arrangements, a celebration of moving melodies and beautiful voices. We can provide perfect music to enhance any event be it corporate, concert, festival or cruise. To see a sample of the seven Sopranos performance please email us. You can also access the Seven Sopranos brochure on the Home Page of the Sirens of Song website. We highly recommend The Seven Sopranos for large events. Email PTAM today for further information karilancaster@ozemail.com.au
A Little Gossip from the Career of Jose Carbo
"The Barber of Seville" (Figaro) - Rossini; Opera Australia This was an auspicious night with a new baritone singing and acting the best Figaro I have heard to date. Jose Carbo's stage presence is immediate and showing. He dominated the evening as is fitting for the title and role. Private Corporate After Dinner Entertainment - One could listen to Jose Carbo sing for hours. His voice not only fills the air you breathe but all your senses light up when he touches his most desired notes. His performance is one of great skill, infinite passion and thoroughly entertaining with a light twist of humour. To read more about this extraordinary talent please visit the Jose Carbo website www.josecarbo.com or email us at info@sirensofsong.com.au or call Patrick Togher Artist Management on 02 9319 6255. International Opera Teacher Returns to her Home Town of Brisbane
Margaret Baker-Genovesi has returned to our door steps, after 30 years abroad, to Brisbane. A major aspect of Margaret Baker-Genovesi's professional activity is her presence as Juror in many of Europe's most prestigious singing competitions: among the most important the ARD, Munich; "Mozart", Salzburg; "Schubert and the XX Century" Graz; "Meistersänger", Nuremberg; "Alexander Girardi", Coburg; and the International Singing Competition, Cologne. In Italy she has been a regular member of the Juries of the "Maria Caniglia", Sulmona; the "Seghizzi" Vocal Chamber Music Competition in Gorizia; and the " Battistini", Rieti . As you can imagine Margaret truly knows international standards, she speaks Italian, German and French fluently, knows style inside out and backwards and is a stickler for vocal discipline and rather importantly speaks openly and honestly about singers and their potential. I would advise anyone interested in Margaret's experience in this email to take a serious look at the roles she has prepared with students since 1990. Margaret is opening her studio in Brisbane, and whilst she will have international singers flying in from Europe to work with her, Margaret is genuinely interested in utilising her skills by investing her time heavily in helping to produce great operatic talent in this country. Sirens of Song Management really cannot recommend her highly enough to young budding singers! We feel this is something to really get excited about, a truly qualified set of ears sitting on our door steps. We get nothing out of this recommendation , we actually care that singers receive not just average tuition but excellent tuition and this is a wonderful place to start or continue. Margaret's number in Brisbane is 07 3358 3653 or you can email us here at info@sirensofsong.com.au and we will pass your details on. She will also be visiting Sydney from March 7 should anyone based in Sydney like to meet with her for a lesson or a meeting.
SOS Management presents Are You Being Served? A hilarious romp of a show : two singing waiters and an incognito guest keep the audience smiling and tapping their toes with famous songs and operatic highlights. The ultimate entertainment for any function large or small. This group services both Brisbane and Sydney. Call Tarita on 1300 767 752 or email info@sirensofsong.com.au for more information
I have always thought that Hats add the final touches to a complete outfit, whether it be for a man in a suit, or for a lady. For my regular, everyday suit-wearing, I can most often be found sporting either a Fedora or a Homburg (my favourite hat). Everyone knows the Fedora, but perhaps these days the Homburg is less familiar. I am wearing a black Homburg in my publicity photograph. Think of a Homburg as a round topped Bowler Hat that has been creased down the centre. A famous Homburg wearer was Tony Hancock. I still have a Bowler Hat in my collection, but very rarely wear it. It originally belonged to the famous and tragic comedian, Sid Beck who died in 1948. The Bowler Hat appears to have descended as a variation of the grandfather of all men's hats, the Top Hat. I wish these hats were still in fashion. I think they look so handsome. I was recently asked to perform at the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Master Builders Association at Customs House in Brisbane. Period (High-Victorian) dress was required and I could go no further, or better, than the epitome of formal evening wear, the White Tie and Tails. I was asked if I'd wear a Top Hat. Well, I didn't need much encouragement in that department. I had a collapsible Opera (Folding) Top Hat that originally belonged to the famous early 20th century original Burlington Bertie (male impersonator), Ella Shields. Unfortunately, the hat after 80 years was not in a satisfactory condition, so back into the collection it went, and I went shopping. There are thousands of vintage and antique Top Hats available, but unfortunately none are ever available in my size (please don't say I have a big head!) Top Hats of America came to the rescue with the perfect hat with the exact dimensions I like. (I don't like the very tall "Abraham Lincoln Stove-Pipe" Top Hats). The new Top Hat is wonderful and it might even replace the trusty Homburg in my publicity photos. Links to hats and hatters are on my website (www.glennamer.com). Also, do check out "The Fedora Lounge", www.thefedoralounge.com, where you can read lots of great information and discussions (photos too) of vintage and modern hats and clothing. This was written listening to Toscanini's 1954 performance of the Mendelssohn "Italian" symphony, and using the latest addition to my pen collection - a beautifully balanced Murano glass dipping pen - a present from Jose and Tarita Carbo.
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Sirens of Song Management are enjoying a busy beginning to 2008 with appearances across the countryside from the outback to all the major cities for functions large and small. Valentine's Day was also a busy period with Sirens of Song and solo singers singing romantic arias and duets at functions in Sydney and Brisbane and we also had harpists playing in all the Gucci stores Australia wide.
Highlights from the end of last year also included appearances by 
Christmas also saw us performing at events across Australia as our carolers helped provide some Christmas spirit for Gucci's exclusive shopper nights in Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Perth and the annual Gucci staff Christmas Party in the Northern Foyer of the Sydney Opera House. 
It's been a busy few months but we are proud to have launched our new group the 
Our new brochure is complete. Our new package of beautiful full colour photographic brochures of many of our artists including The Seven Sopranos, Venus, String Sirens, Sirens of Song, the new act - Sublime Showstoppers and also the all male singing sensation La Forza, Glenn Amer - pianist and singer extraordinaire, Femme Fatale - The French Cabaret Show and Latin Passion. If you would like us to send you our new brochures by snail mail 
As Figaro, Jose Carbo was outstanding with a sturdy and unforced voice. His performance in the barber's shop scene displayed comic timing at its best with a voice brimming with a droll sense of humour.
Margaret has produced an enormous number of Italy's most well known singers in the last 10 years including Desiree Rancatore, Valeria Esposito and Stefania Bonfedeli, to name but a few. Her students perform regularly in principal roles in many of the world's foremost opera houses, including La Scala; Covent Garden; the Vienna State Opera; the Bastille, Opéra Garnier and the Opéra Comique, Paris; the theatres of Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Toulouse, Tokyo, Detroit, the Salzburg Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, as well as all the leading opera houses of Italy.
In my last "Fountain Pen", I wrote that my next column would be about my favourite piano, the Steinway. So please forgive me for substituting a brief column about Hats. The Steinways will follow in due course, I promise!
Tarita Carbo - Director - Sirens of Song Management
Providing classical music to the corporate sector.
Thank you all for your support and interest in Sirens of Song Management in 2008 and may we be the first to wish you a Happy Easter!
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Oh, and don't forget it has been scientifically proven that classical music enhances your appreciation of chocolate and reduces executive stress, so