Tag Archive | Arts
Why any company would be lucky to hire a Performing Artist
By: Robert Aaron Taylor & Michelle Kei Ishuu Taylor We’re some of the most determined people you’ll ever meet Artists are accustomed to rejection. We put ourselves out there every day in an attempt to get gigs. That’s how we pay the bills. We are the product we’re selling, so every rejection is personal. Yet […]
Birthday in Vienna, Austria
Had the wonderful birthday in Vienna Austria, with my love. We even continued my favorite birthday tradition. An art museum and out for a bite to eat. This year we got to go to the Kunst Historisches Museum in Vienna. Next Cafe Central for cake and a Melange. Finally ending with the Rathaus Christkindlmarkt. Great […]
Vienna, Austria
Nothing puts you in the mood for the coming Holiday season like the beautiful Christkindlmarkts in Vienna. It is so amazing to be wandering the local streets in the cold, with a warm mug of Glühwein, as you look at all the beautiful homemade or handmade gifts.
Success at the Kennedy Center for Noli Me Tángere
After an exciting week of technical and dress rehearsals at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this beautiful group of people – singers, instrumentalists, technical crew, producers, MAFFAA, and the exceedingly capable Union Crews of the Kennedy Center – came together to make two solid, moving, amazing performances in the Einsenhower Theater. Noli Me […]
More News: Noli Me Tangere
From the Washington Post : ‘Noli Me Tangere’ Filipino opera will tell moving tale at Kennedy Center
Marian Anderson, Opera Singer
Marian Anderson: “It is easy to look back, self-indulgently, feeling pleasantly sorry for oneself and saying I didn’t have this and I didn’t have that. But it is only the grown woman regretting the hardships of a little girl who never thought they were hardships at all. She had the things that really mattered.” […]
Opera Matters = The Arts DO Matter to our Humanity!
Hello Everyone, As someone who worked for San Diego Opera and lived in San Diego for 5 years, I am San Diego Opera. I can’t be there to help campaign to SAVE my beloved company, but I can implore you to help. I love the community, the city, its people and its Opera. Please sign […]
The Death of a Giant; San Diego Opera Closing
Last night I heard the news from all my friends at San Diego Opera. I was so stunned and shocked to hear it. I could not believe what I was reading on Facebook. Every one of my dear friends and past co-workers were stating the same sad and shocking news, that after 49 years San […]
Owning My Brand
In an effort to heed the advice of the PR gurus, I’m taking ownership of my brand. Since no one can advocate for “me” better than me, I’m going to take advantage of every social outlet that I can (within reason… I’m still not ready to Twit…Chirp… Whatever the hell it is!). I’m going to […]
Welcome to Michelle’s Operatic World!
Hello! Welcome! I decided to create my own personal Blog/Website centered around the wonderful world of Opera. I am a professionally trained opera singer. I am a struggling artist trying to break into the, supposedly, Dying World of the Arts. But I love the art form! And I think all Americans would, too, if they […]
Michelle Kei Ishuu 