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madamelidoine
Oct 20, 20225 min read
Hunting Unicorns
I have come to believe that women who are trailblazers are also sacrificial lambs. When they accept a leadership position without mentors...
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madamelidoine
Jan 10, 20225 min read
The Protégée
When we moved to Charlottesville, we quickly realized that there were not many theater practitioners who lived in town and had worked on...
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madamelidoine
Oct 13, 20203 min read
What is the story? Making a documentary about singers.
When we started planning UNSUNG, the path seemed clear: We must capture this moment in time when all the opera houses are closed, and...
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madamelidoine
Mar 7, 20202 min read
The Brünnhilde Trajectory
Year One: Huh? Oh. OK. That's for the mega-voiced, dramatic ladies. I might sing a Norn one day. Year Two: I wanna sound like that...
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kathysue825
Feb 28, 20207 min read
Sign/Sing
Hi - Sharing a post from my blog over at kathleenkellymusic.com - thanks to Miriam for the invitation! - KK “You’re eyeball babies,”...
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madamelidoine
Feb 3, 20202 min read
A Ring Cycle, Deaf Opera and Fat Pig
I am currently working intensely on three very different projects: One: my first Ring Cycle as Brünnhilde (dream come true, BTW), Two: My...
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madamelidoine
Jan 13, 20202 min read
How it was. How it could be.
(A little wish for Australian opera) A small child sings at church, or in a choir. A sensitive adult notices the clarity, the tone, A...
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madamelidoine
Dec 2, 20192 min read
Getting Your Hopes Up
My Mum, Sue, was a fantastic parent. She taught me many things that are central to my understanding of the world, and the way I live my...
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madamelidoine
Nov 26, 20191 min read
What's changed?
Today, I am thinking about how different the experience of creating a website is to what is was last time I did it (some 14 years ago)....
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