Success: 3 Lessons I Learned as a Freelance Opera Singer
I know how to be ridiculous. I worked on five arias every day for six months to get ready for an audition with an opera company I didn’t want to sing for, only to stand backstage and tell myself, “Just get through this audition and you never have to do it again.” That’s ridiculous. I would ridicule myself into achieving something (namely, getting a gig with such-and-such opera company) so I could prove to myself …