Master Singers

Through interviews with some of today's most accomplished and renowned concert and operatic singers, Master Singers provides vocalists making the transition from student to professional.

Donald George's career as a lyric tenor has spanned the great opera and concert stages of the world, from La Scala, Milan to Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo, among many others, working with such conductors as Bernstein, Masur, Tate, Menuhin and Jurowski. He has recorded for such labels as Sony, Phillips Classic, Naxos, Delos, Bavarian Radio, and Teldec. In 2008 he joined the faculty of The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam as Professor of Voice. His students are regional and national competition winners and are singing in numerous professional venues in Europe and North America. He resides in Germany and New York.
Lucy Mauro, pianist, is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University. The Journal of Singing calls her "a perfect partner". Her recordings with tenor Donald George on the Delos label have been acclaimed in Gramophone and selected as a Recording of the Year 2011 by MusicWeb International, among other recognitions. Their latest CD, Songs and Arias of Joseph Weigl, was recorded in conjunction with the Esterházy Festival in Austria. Her website with Donald George is www.duodrama.net.

Foreword by Brian Zeger
Preface
Acknowledgements
Artist Biographies
Chapter One: On the Craft of Singing
Chapter Two: On the Operatic Stage
Chapter Three: On the Recital and Concert Stage
Chapter Four: On Maintaining a Career
Chapter Five: On Teaching and Studying
Chapter Six: Extras from the Experts
References
Index