I am a performer first and foremost. I sing opera and adore spending time on the stage. Opera is often labeled as elitist and inaccessible and I want to change that. I want to show that the people who make opera are just as gritty and human as the rest of the world. By bringing the high brow, large scale world of opera and its performers to the small screen, I hope to explore how to bring this theatrical genre to the masses. I want to show that the often convoluted stories of opera are really just about people dealing with the harsh realities of their lives; love, death, betrayal, friendship, money, power, etc. The characters may seem foreign but when you see how human they really are it becomes so much more relevant.
I love TV and movies with a theatrical flair. I love how colorful and “costume-y” the show Pushing Daisies is as well as Baz Lurhmann’s film, Moulin Rouge. I enjoy anything with a bit of sarcasm such as House M.D. and sweeping period pieces like the BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice.
I hope that through my work a little light can be shed on the complex world of the opera and other performers like me can have an outlet to express their humanity.
I love TV and movies with a theatrical flair. I love how colorful and “costume-y” the show Pushing Daisies is as well as Baz Lurhmann’s film, Moulin Rouge. I enjoy anything with a bit of sarcasm such as House M.D. and sweeping period pieces like the BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice.
I hope that through my work a little light can be shed on the complex world of the opera and other performers like me can have an outlet to express their humanity.
