enhttp://www.laopera.com/60EPiServer CMS 5http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/LA-Opera-Summer-Camp-Through-the-Eyes-of-A-Camper/I'll be completely honest. On the first day of Opera Camp , I was terrified. I have no singing experience besides school choir several years back—in fact, I was deathly afraid of singing in public. I wished to join Opera Camp solely because I love...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/LA-Opera-Summer-Camp-Through-the-Eyes-of-A-Camper/Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:34:45 GMTeducationStudentsYouthhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/An-Inside-View-of-Opera-Camp-Like-A-Constant-Sugar-Rush/If I had to describe the feeling of being an Opera Camper, I'd liken it to a constant sugar rush. Just when I think that camp can't get any better, it does. So many awesome things have happened just in the last three days. On Day 4 of camp, we had...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/An-Inside-View-of-Opera-Camp-Like-A-Constant-Sugar-Rush/Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:14:03 GMTeducationJames Conlonhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/David-Lomeli-Returns-To-LA-And-Visits-With-LA-Opera/Tenor David Lomelì , a stellar alumnus of LA Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program , has enjoyed break-out career success since his 2006 first-place finish in Operalia . The young singer returns to Los Angeles this Sunday, as the Duke of...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/David-Lomeli-Returns-To-LA-And-Visits-With-LA-Opera/Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:24:46 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Opera-Camp-The-production-is-seriously-almost-there/When I think about where we were on Day 1, clumsily going through the Bon Odori motions, and in my case, cringing in fear at the prospect of singing—really, it's kind of hilarious. The production is seriously almost there.  On Day 7 of Opera Camp,...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Opera-Camp-The-production-is-seriously-almost-there/Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:42:05 GMTeducationhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Opera-Camp-Its-A-Wrap/I've been staring at a blank screen for the past ten minutes, trying to devise a clever opening sentence. It hasn't quite registered that Opera Camp is really over. So, for lack of a better introduction, I'll just start from Day 10. First thing in...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Opera-Camp-Its-A-Wrap/Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:39:49 GMTeducationhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Don-Giovanni-Womenand-Menin-Love/By Basil De Pinto Is Mozart’s great opera about the amorous adventures of a licentious Spanish nobleman and his downfall: il dissoluto punito ? Yes, but so much more as well. It is about social class and its divisions, indicated by titles (or lack...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Don-Giovanni-Womenand-Menin-Love/Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:05:50 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Venice-Verdi-and-The-Two-Foscari-/On the Grand Canal in Venice, the city operates boats as buses for public transportation. On the right and left banks of the Canal are rows of gorgeous houses, the celebrated palazzi, rising miraculously out of the water. Many have private docks a...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Venice-Verdi-and-The-Two-Foscari-/Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:10:43 GMTThe Two Foscarihttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/8/Don-Giovanni-Scenery-Load-In/The Don Giovanni set has arrived! Seven (7) forty-foot shipping containers (over 16,000 cubic feet) of scenery and props traveled to Los Angeles from Chicago via rail and truck. Our union stage crew of approximately 50 stagehands has been extremel...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/8/Don-Giovanni-Scenery-Load-In/Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:13:39 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Jennifer-Babcock/Dates/2012/8/The-Best-Day-of-College-You-Ever-Had/Having graduated in 2010 there is something that I realized. I miss college. Many may share the same sentiment, but I know my pining is for more than the social surroundings and unparalleled freedom. My longing comes from my absence from the...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Jennifer-Babcock/Dates/2012/8/The-Best-Day-of-College-You-Ever-Had/Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:03:37 GMTeducationcommunityLA Operaprofessional developmentteachershttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Verdi-Pater-Familias/1813 : The birth year of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner 1913 : The birth year of Benjamin Britten 2013 : The year LA Opera and the classical music world will mark these three anniversaries. Actually, 2013 will serve as the center line for...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Verdi-Pater-Familias/Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:32:05 GMTThe Two FoscariVerdiMaestro James ConlonJames Conlonhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Community-Educator-Training-Grading-the-Presentors/The first time I heard about the Community Educators program was on Facebook. The post described what it was: a training program for speakers who would share their opera-love with audiences. Applying to join went down on my adult life to-do list....http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Dates/2012/8/Community-Educator-Training-Grading-the-Presentors/Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:27:58 GMTeducationStudentscommunityprofessional development