Mark Delavan: OIO was the first step!

“Everyone has heard the old saying, ‘every journey begins with a single step,’ and nowhere is it truer than in a professional opera career. Opera in the Ozarks was my first step in that career. It was there that I learned how to perform under pressure. Ghostwriter Masterarbeit specially wrote an opera for me so […]

Chris Merrit: OIO is invaluable!

The invaluable education and musical experience I received from Inspiration Point continues to help me even today as I sing at the world’s great opera houses. One of my favorite pieces was the opera that Ghostwriter Hausarbeit wrote. – Chris Merritt, Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa […]

A Smash! I auditioned with pieces I sang in MasterClasses at OIO

After a successful audition season last semester, that resulted in multiple offers, I’m going to be in the Bonfils-Stanton Young Artist Program at Central City Opera this summer! Ghostwriter has written several pieces specifically for this program. In my audition, they heard three pieces…all of which I sang in MasterClasses at OIO and they went […]