I have been writing these blog posts about auditioning in the musical theatre world in NYC in my head for about a year now. Topics abound. Today I was the most inspired by a conversation I had while putting on make up. I mentioned to the girl next to me “It sounds like an opera audition next door.” She affirmed that she had verified this information and then we pleasantly talked about opera auditions vs. musical theater auditions. As I verbally processed with her I realized that classical voice training is necessary. It’s how ballet training is to dance. If you don’t start with the foundations you just won’t have as wide a range. What I told her was that I wish I hadn’t listened to what was “popular” when I was younger and continued investing in my classical training WHILE branching out into more contemporary styles of singing. I grew up singing the basic classical songs like Caro Mio Ben and even competing in opera competitions. At some point I fell in love with musical theater and st...