BRANDIE SUTTON CINDERELLA RISING
Brandie Sutton on living out her fairy tale dreams on the opera stage and the path to her many happy endings.
TEBALDI 100 1922 | 2022 an open letter by Aprile Millo
THE PUSH & THE PLEDGE BLACK OPERA ALLIANCE'S push for equity in opera and more...
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a Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow publication
VOL. 03
ISSUE NO. 01
FEB- MAR 2022 EDITOR IN CHIEF Courtney Carey CONTRIBUTING ART DIRECTOR Emily Zier COPYEDITOR Justin Cohen CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Courtney Carey Fikayo John Aprile Millo Richard Oliver Wesley Wade 21 C Media Group (used by permission)
PHOTOGRAPHY Unsplash, Shutterstock, Josef Astor, Courtney Carey, Francisco Fernandez, Museo Renata Tebaldi
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CONTENTS
COVER STORY
24 | CINDERELLA RISING
Brandie Sutton on living out her fairy tale dreams on the opera stage and the path to her many happy endings. By Courtney Carey
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18 OVERTURE
AMPLIFIED
8 | The 64th Grammy Awards 18 | The Push & The Pledge Classical Music Nomina- Black Opera Alliance's push for tions equity and accountability in the The 64th Grammy awards will take place April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. By Courtney Carey
14 | The Gateways Orchestra makes history Gateways Music Festival Orchestra Makes Historic Carnegie Hall Debut with World Premiere of New Jon Batiste Commission. from 21 C Media Group
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opera industry. By Richard Oliver COVER STORY
24 | Cinderella Rising
Brandie Sutton on living out her fairy tale dreams on the opera stage and the path to her many happy endings. By Courtney Carey
2 | Being Well When the 4 Well Is Empty
In Defense of Self-Preservational Therapies for Performers in Contemporary Opera, and Classical Works Featuring Black Trauma. by Wesley Wade
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Cover Credits Photographer: Francisco Fernandez Stylist: Emily Smith Makeup: Tim MacKay
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IN TEMPO PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT 50 | Jamie Barton takes on Princess Eboli at the Met. 52 | The Schwabacher Recital Series presents Nikola Printz. 53 | Opera Estudio del Noroeste (OPEN) celebrates its inaugural season. HEALTH & WELLNESS 54 | Should I Wear a Face Mask? (That is the Question!) by Fikayo John FOOD
58 | "What's on the Menu?"
• Cooking with Chickpeas 60 | Smoky Chickpea Soup 62 | Hearty Chickpea and Dino Kale Soup 64 | Curry Pizza with Chickpea pizza crust 68 | Pesto Rotini with Roasted Broccoli
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ENCORE
76 | Renata Tebaldi: Love and Hope in Sound
71| TEBALDI 100
72 | Biography by Courtney Carey 74 | Sherrill Milnes on Renata Tebaldi 75 | Placido Domingo & Renata Tebaldi
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an open letter by Aprile Millo
80 | Star Pick
Review- Lament Sidney Outlaw & Warren Jones live from Brevard Music Center by Richard Oliver
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EDITOR'S LETTER
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hat a start to the year we've all had! After the surge of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, performance halls across the United States edged frighteningly close to shuttering their doors again. But, we collectively weathered yet another storm, and concerts, recitals, and operas are taking place again, much to the delight of classical music enthusiasts. As we move through 2022, let the Feb-Mar issue serve as your official invitation to join us as we celebrate Black History and Women's History months, respectively. The Metropolitan Opera created its own "Black History moment" on September 27, 2021, when it mounted Terence Blanchard's opera Fire Shut up in My Bones; the first time the company staged an opera by a black composer in its 139 year history. Wesley Wade's piece, Being Well When the Well is Empty, reminds us of the potentially deleterious effects that operas like Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Blue, and Central Park Five, depicting Black trauma, can have on its performers. While championing the diversity
and inclusion these operas afford, he subtly underscores the need to look after the mental and emotional well-being of the performers taking on these demanding operas. In addition to celebrating Black History Month, we are delighted to join in with our colleagues and opera fans around the world for the commemoration of soprano Renata Tebaldi's 100th birthday. We have included brief tributes by her esteemed colleagues Sherrill Milnes and Placido Domingo, as well as a touching reflection by diva Aprile Millo. I would be remiss if I did not thank Giovanna Colombo and the Museo Renata Tebaldi for permitting us to use the photos on the Tebaldi 100 tribute pages. As we honor and acknowledge great women throughout history, I thought it apropos to celebrate a burgeoning artist- Brandie Sutton- who is making major strides in the field. Incidentally, Brandie appeared on the first cover of The Whole Review. I vividly remember calling her and telling her about my plans to start a classical music lifestyle magazine and that I wanted her to appear on its first cover. She, along with Emily Smith (stylist) and Tim MacKay (makeup artist) have delivered a stunning cover for this issue. I am grateful to her for always being so generous and for engaging in such a lively discussion about her life and career up to this point. I hope you enjoy reading her story and all of the others. Until the next issue, Courtney
CONTRIBUTORS
Wesley Wade | Amplified
Richard Oliver | Amplified
Aprile Millo | Encore
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Emily Smith | Stylist
Tim MacKay | Makeup Artist
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