First off, I apologize for taking so long to continue on our journey. I had a very strong intuition to share with all of you an excerpt...

In preparation for Opera OGGI NY's second season, I went looking for more performance venues. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (the now uber-chic...

In my sixth post, What Do We Do?, I spoke of Opera OGGI New York and how it was founded in 2007 by myself, Bill Lewis and the late great...

We all know what happened on 9/11 but, few of you know what happened on 10/13 of that same year. In the now super chic, super hip...

Victor Roberge is a dear friend whom I've known since August 1986. There is an entire novel's worth of adventures, phone calls, emails...

HOW TO PRODUCE A CONTEMPORARY OPERA, NO MATTER WHAT! The year 2005 was a landmark year for me, I traveled across to Sicily 4 times that...

THE MOST FAMOUS HEARING IMPAIRED BEING IN 300 YEARS (AS FAR AS WE KNOW) Ludwig van Beethoven portrayed above in a painting by the 26 year...

Does this photo make you cringe? I understand, but, it is a fun representation of what at a first glance seems like a big mistake on...

I, Bill Lewis and Chloe Owen formed OperaOggiNewYork in the fall of 2007. We reheared in various locations, at Bill's studio and at our...

On the morning of 9/11 I, like so many others in NYC was an eye witness to this violently destructive event. I had been forewarned in a...

When I was a child, a newborn really, my parents got a dog and named him Oakie. He was a magnificent warrior dog, brave and ever...

On the morning of May 8th I awoke to the sound of a chain saw and some large equipment. Since I was on a farm, I thought it was just the...

It's seems like a simple question doesn't it? And, at the outset, one can give a simple one word answer. Any number of them right? Life,...

A nesting pair of red-tailed hawks, feed on a ham bone buried in the snow which Kio, my White German Shepherd, had left out side. With...

With great humility I welcome you all to my blog, Conducting LIfe. This blog would not exist without the encouragement of Jon Katz....