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28 Days to Diva: Day 26 – When 'What If…' Comes True (#28daystodiva)
Imagine waking up this morning to discover that Seattle Opera left a message offering you a lead role without even an audition. After the …
28 Days to Diva: Day 25 – Budgeting for Your YAP Experience (#28daystodiva)
Being a successful operapreneur means to me: setting clear goals, strategizing steps to attain those goals, and ultimately achieving those …
28 Days to Diva: Day 24 – Expanding Your Reach (#28daystodiva)
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid of standing still. - Chinese proverb Instead of thinking about climbing the corporate ladder, …
28 Days to Diva: Day 23 – Do Less and Do it Better (#28daystodiva)
When Scott Thompson took over as CEO of Yahoo in 2012, he suffered under the public's ire for laying off 2,000 people without a strong …
28 Days to Diva: Day 22 – Should You Have an Agent? (#28daystodiva)
Agents. Does it seem like every well-meaning soul is asking whether or not you have one? There must be some narrative circulating around the …
28 Days to Diva: Day 21 – Know How to Jump Ship (#28daystodiva)
Most 28 Days topics are aspirational and are intended to give steps for doing more and doing it better. Today's topic is one that we do not …
28 Days to Diva: Day 20 – Win a Competition (#28daystodiva)
Well, here's an easy task huh? "Sure, Sybaritic Singer, I'll get right on that...." But, really, this is one of the benchmarks toward diva …
28 Days to Diva: Day 19 – Disrupt the Path (#28daystodiva)
Once you have made your way into the emerging professional category of classical voice, it is apparent that opera does not follow the …