Three years ago in auditioning for the International Wagner Competition of 2014, which took place last August at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, my colleague, Aren Der Hacopian, and I scoured the world for young dramatic singers between 25 and 40. It was the third such competition. In our New York auditions in the fall of 2012 we heard a tenor named Issachah Savage. A very … [Read more...]
Speight Jenkins on the art of Opera
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