Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC?: Opera companies, and relating soloists to them

2014-03-01 Thread symphonick
2014-02-27 0:43 GMT+01:00 ListMyCDs musicbra...@listmycds.com: On 26.2.2014 19:18, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for a way to list with what company (at what opera) a soloist sang. We could decide to add opera companies either as labels or

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC?: Opera companies, and relating soloists to them

2014-03-01 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:43 AM, ListMyCDs musicbra...@listmycds.comwrote: Most of the opera singers are freelancers and have part time jobs per productions. They don't usually have long-standing relationships with companies. Companies usually have principal conductors but these can be

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC?: Opera companies, and relating soloists to them

2014-03-01 Thread SwissChris
Historically only a handful of the most famous opera singers were freelance. The rule was (and still is in the german speaking european countries - Germany, Switzerland, Austria) to be member of an ensemble, having long-standing relationships with a company or more often a standing theatre

[mb-style] Pre-RFC?: Opera companies, and relating soloists to them

2014-02-26 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for a way to list with what company (at what opera) a soloist sang. And for how to deal with opera companies in general, really. Currently we don't really have a specific way to deal with them (should they be entered as artists? now we mostly have their

Re: [mb-style] Pre-RFC?: Opera companies, and relating soloists to them

2014-02-26 Thread ListMyCDs
On 26.2.2014 19:18, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for a way to list with what company (at what opera) a soloist sang. We could decide to add opera companies either as labels or artists (but maybe have a special type for them). Some current