Marilyn Taylor and Richard Ollarsaba

Exclusive Interview: Operatic Education

Interview with Dr. Marilyn Taylor, Chair of the Voice Department, A.J.Fletcher Opera Institute of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and Mr. Richard Ollarsaba, young bass who is a third year student at the institute, in their Professional Artist Certificate program. [Opera Lively interviews # 3 and 4]

Introduction/Presentation

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, merged its graduate opera program with the A.J. Fletcher Foundation to create the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute. Opera Lively travelled to their very modern campus to interview one of the leading educators in the institute, Dr. Marilyn Taylor, Chair of the Voice Department.
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