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A Word About Holidays
Today, January 6, is a normal business day in Berlin and Saarbrücken, so I called my health insurer with a question. They gave me a
Winter Solstice
Today is the shortest day of the year: in Berlin the sun rose at 8.14 am and set at 3.54pm. Dusk starts about 2.30pm! It
Einen frohen zweiten Advent!
That’s the second Sunday before Christmas. It’s old fashioned but real in Germany. People are generally nicer, so enjoy it! It won’t last forever and
A Slice of Post Operatic Life
So here I am, a retired old opera singer living near my grandchildren in Berlin and I have to get a notarized form saying I’m
Studio – Training or Cheap Labor?
Studio – Training or Cheap Labor? From my conversations with agents I gather that studio programs can be tremendously variable, from cheap labor or inexpensive
Think Like An Agent
I just had a lovely chat with a top notch agent in Berlin and he told me a lot about how they hear auditions. Understanding