So You Think You Can Belto?

26/05/2025

NEW EPISODE: Jessica interviews Australian soprano Morgan Balfour. Recorded Apr 2024.

LISTEN NOW:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ggLkA41vrMEzbyohf6QwG?si=SjgraB3IQ66sI0pCrrKOTQ

24/03/2025

🎉 NEW EPISODE: Q&A EPISODE 🎉

New episode just arrived with Jessica and Jeremy. Recorded March 2025.

LISTEN NOW: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/belto

We answered your questions! You can submit new ones always here: https://soyouthinkyoucanbelto.weebly.com/qa.html

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Hosted by Jessica Harper (soprano) & Jeremy Boulton (baritone), 'So You Think You Can Belto?' was created to empower emerging operatic practitioners across Australia and the world with access to the direct knowledge and relayed experiences of professionals.

It aims to help inform emerging artists by holding a mirror to the opera system so that artists can make their own individually-informed decisions about auditions, competitions, engagements, and more. You’ll hear everything from in-depth artist interviews, to long form panel discussions on topics concerning emerging artists.

BUY JESS A COFFEE: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/32TKWJ6EQ7G8N
X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/sytycanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
FACEBOOK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
INSTAGRAM: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
HASHTAG:
JESSICA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jessicaharpersoprano.com⁠⁠⁠⁠
JEREMY: www.⁠⁠⁠⁠jeremyboulton.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the individuals that appear on the program, not the views of the organisations that they are employed by, nor who they represent in other capacities.

12/11/2024

Strongly recommended program! - Jeremy

Apply today for our 2025 Bel Canto Course for Singers & our Solti-Peretti Repetiteur Course!

01/11/2024

Pacific Opera in Australia looking for singers and reps for their YAP! 👉🏻

Artistic Directors Peter Coleman Wright AO and Cheryl Barker AO, invite aspiring professional opera singers to audition for the Pacific Opera Young Artists Program for 2025.

17/10/2024

OA YAP and chorus positions available!

Opera Australia advertises job vacancies in such as areas as artist management, orchestra management, music and language coaching, technical support, manufacturing, and general administration.

06/10/2024

Webseite des Gärtnerplatztheaters

09/09/2024

Opera Australia YAP Info:
https://opera.org.au/young-artist-program/

We’re happy to see this opportunity for young Aussie singers 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The Program offers professional training, allowing emerging artists to participate in career development opportunities both on and off stage.

13/08/2024

🎉 NEW EPISODE: FLEUR SNOW, DIRECTOR 🎉

New episode just arrived with Fleur Snow and Jeremy Boulton. Recorded March 2024.

LISTEN NOW: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/belto

Fleur Snow is a stage director and musician from West Wales. For the 2023-2024 season, she is resident staff director in St Gallen, Switzerland, and she will take up her next position in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich from September 2024. She is an organist and speaks English, Welsh, French, Italian, and German.

Read more about Fleur here: https://fleursnow.co.uk/about/
Fleur's Homepage: https://fleursnow.co.uk/

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Hosted by Jessica Harper (soprano) & Jeremy Boulton (baritone), 'So You Think You Can Belto?' was created to empower emerging operatic practitioners across Australia and the world with access to the direct knowledge and relayed experiences of professionals.

It aims to help inform emerging artists by holding a mirror to the opera system so that artists can make their own individually-informed decisions about auditions, competitions, engagements, and more. You’ll hear everything from in-depth artist interviews, to long form panel discussions on topics concerning emerging artists.

BUY JESS A COFFEE: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/32TKWJ6EQ7G8N
TWITTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/sytycanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
FACEBOOK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
INSTAGRAM: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
HASHTAG:
JESSICA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jessicaharpersoprano.com⁠⁠⁠⁠
JEREMY: www.⁠⁠⁠⁠jeremyboulton.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the individuals that appear on the program, not the views of the organisations that they are employed by, nor who they represent in other capacities.

30/07/2024

Check out Jessica's latest blog post about 2024 Travel Tips! AND please 'buy her a coffee' for all her super work in helping young singers navigate this difficult industry. - Jeremy

https://jessicaharpersoprano.com/2024/07/23/2024-travel-tips-not-just-for-singers/

Buy Jess a coffee: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/32TKWJ6EQ7G8N

Travel, evidently, in 2024 is a hilarious experience. Bags are getting lost at record rates, none of the famous cities want tourists anymore (no shade, just an observation), and the cost of everyth…

30/07/2024

Check out Jessica's latest blog post about how much an audition really costs! AND please 'buy her a coffee' for all her super work in helping young singers navigate this difficult industry. - Jeremy

Buy Jess a coffee: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/32TKWJ6EQ7G8N

Hello friends, This has been looping around in my head for a while, and I have wanted to get it out on digital paper for ages. The industry is tightening its belt every day, and we’re all feeling t…

30/07/2024

🎉🎉🎉 WE ARE BACK WITH SHARON KEMPTON 🎉🎉🎉

New episode just arrived with Sharon Kempton and Jessica Harper.

LISTEN NOW: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/belto

We are so sorry with the delay of new releases. Jess and I have been simply slammed. Wishing all a lovely European summer and not TOO cold of an Australian winter. - Jeremy

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Australian born soprano Sharon Kempton, completed a Bachelor of Music Performance and Music Therapy with honours and Master of Music Performance at the University of Melbourne, under the tuition of Kevin Casey, Bettine MacCaughan OAM and the distinguished Merlyn Quaife OAM. Sharon has been the recipient of many prestigious prizes including the German Operatic Award (2001), embarking on her European career, as a member of the Cologne Opera Studio, Germany, followed by an eleven year engagement as soloist at the Hessen State Theater in Wiesbaden.

Sharon has performed with Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Köln Oper, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatstheater Kassel, Theater Ulm, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Theater Osnabrück and Saarländisches Staatstheater, in Saarbrücken.

Read more here: https://sharonkempton.de/bio
Sharon's Homepage: https://sharonkempton.de/
Sharon's Coaching: https://sharonkempton-coach.com/
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Hosted by Jessica Harper (soprano) & Jeremy Boulton (baritone), 'So You Think You Can Belto?' was created to empower emerging operatic practitioners across Australia and the world with access to the direct knowledge and relayed experiences of professionals.

It aims to help inform emerging artists by holding a mirror to the opera system so that artists can make their own individually-informed decisions about auditions, competitions, engagements, and more. You’ll hear everything from in-depth artist interviews, to long form panel discussions on topics concerning emerging artists.

BUY JESS A COFFEE: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/32TKWJ6EQ7G8N
TWITTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/sytycanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
FACEBOOK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
INSTAGRAM: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/soyouthinkyoucanbelto⁠⁠⁠⁠
HASHTAG:
JESSICA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jessicaharpersoprano.com⁠⁠⁠⁠
JEREMY: www.⁠⁠⁠⁠jeremyboulton.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the individuals that appear on the program, not the views of the organisations that they are employed by, nor who they represent in other capacities.

03/06/2024