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Prelude to a Scream
Andante Con Moto. Child Musician
The Language of Music
The Power of Song
Music School, an Experiment in Frustration
Summer Stock
Cantabile. New York
La Voce
Il Padrone
Church Jobs
Baritone Buddy
Early New York City Opera
Hong Kong
Back on Track
Italian Restaurants
Allegro Con Brio. My First AGMA Contract
It’s Only Rigoletto
Managements
Louise
San Francisco
Houston
Auditions: Being Your Own Judge
NYCO Encore
Menotti and Barber
The Spoleto Festivals
Holland
Accelerando. When Opportunities Knock
It’s Always Rigoletto
Sing, Herman! Sing!
Mental Preparation
Amsterdam versus Kennedy Center
The Smell of the Greasepaint
Under the Gun
The Conductor, Il Primo Uomo
Molto Vivace. Study, Study, Study
Riding the Crest
Relationships: A Rocky Road
Manon Lescaut in Tulsa
Los Angeles
Galvani and Cincy and Sills, Oh My!
The Pearl Fishers in Milwaukee
Pagliacci in Beautiful Miami
And I Puritani at NYCO
Più Grave. The Glory of Victory, the Agony of Defeat
Postlude to a Scream: Perdition
Epilogue
The Road Taken
Postscript
GLOSSARY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I sat at the grand piano, repeatedly banging out the same pitch for a tone-deaf student. It was dark and dank in the studio. Even the blanket around my shoulders couldn’t keep out the numbing chill. The student seemed not to notice and fished for the pitch. He missed by a fourth. I sighed, smiled, and played it again.
I had come full circle—from aspiring student to international star to jaded teacher. I thought about how my parents had beseeched me to get a college degree so I would have something to “fall back on.” Well, I had indeed fallen back—farther than I imagined possible. Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.
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I approached Steve and told him of my difficult dilemma. He stood silent for a moment and then said something that would help me make many decisions thereafter:
“Always follow your heart.”
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