I met Wes while working for the Toledo Opera. Wes was studying at the University of Michigan at the time, and that was just up the road from me. So, while making a visit to see his teacher (and my singing mentor), Steve Lusmann, I met Wes through mutual friends. I ran into him again at [...]

I met Bill when I was an Apprentice Artist with the Santa Fe Opera. Bill was a Principal Artist and was singing the role of Benedict in the Berlioz opera Beatrice and Benedict, which was based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Bill is a wonderful colleague, and is a great singing actor. We kept in touch over [...]

Darlene is a true Renaissance woman. She is an actress and wonderful writer, and seems to always have her hands in a project or four! (That’s right, not just two…so, I guess she needs an extra pair of hands!) When I met Darlene, she was finishing her first novel Venture,which can be purchased at lulu.com. You can [...]