Q:     As a conductor, when do you normally find out that an understudy is going on?

Christie:    Well I think at the most, you find out about a day before, and probably the least amount of time is maybe two … Read More -->

Florence Winters was born and raised in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago. She grew up listening mostly to the popular music of the 1940s. When she was about 10 years old, she discovered classical music and started listening to the … Read More -->

Sometimes, when an opera is particularly difficult musically, perhaps with many singers singing different lines at the same time, or if a principal artist requests it, a prompter is employed. I like to refer to Maestra Susan Hult as a … Read More -->