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Kelly is a freelance writer and opera singer.
In the early 2000s, every teenage girl and her mother wore the same underwear. Malls across the nation were filled with women scouring bins of colorful thongs and bikini briefs to create their set of five for twenty-five dollars. Images of rail-thin celebrity models decorated the windows.
Audition Season sadly also brings Rejection Season. While being turned down from a program is never fun, each “Thanks but no thanks” letter bring its own blend of emotions.
Shapewear can be a controversial subject in this day and age. With a lot of social media #bodypositivity floating around, some see the use of shapewear as a way to try to force your body into being someone else's idea of "perfect." Others see shapewear as "cheating." "If you just lost weight, you wouldn't need shapewear," someone who knows nothing about shapewear might say. Here's the truth: wearing shapewear isn't all about looking "skinny." More importantly, wearing or not wearing shapewear...
The philosophy behind Tidying Up with Marie Kondo is to only keep items in your life that “spark joy.” Now that you’ve folded your sock drawer and organized everything into small boxes, it’s time to look at other things that need to bring you joy: namely, your repertoire list. Are you carrying around old arias that don’t fit anymore? Is it time for you to thank these arias and put them away?
As a singer, you will rarely stay in one place for your whole career. Maybe you live your life out of a suitcase or live in the same town for a decade, but more likely than not, you will make a location change someday.
So you and your colleagues have a brilliant idea: you're going to put on an opera. You're going to go out there and create your own opportunities. You're going to build your resume and finally do that opera you've always wanted to do the way you've always wanted to do it. Good for you! Now what?
If singing isn't your full-time gig yet, you may need a day job to cover those little things like scarves and tea and... rent.
Though classical music has a reputation for refinement, beauty, and declarations of love, this is the time of year when ghosts and ghouls to come out and play.
It’s that time of year again. Classes are starting, application deadlines are looming, and TV shows return with new seasons to distract everyone from all responsibilities. While it may seem like watching television is as far away from opera as one can get, that could not be further from the truth.
My name is Kelly and I'm a freelance opera singer. I recently had the experience of performing an opera in a corset from Orchard Corset. When on stage, it is important to feel comfortable and to wear something that does not get in the way of your performance.