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Handorf Company Artist Program | Opera Memphis

For the past several years, the Handorf Company Artist Program at Opera Memphis has provided young, up-and-coming artists with the experience, training, and tools they need to prepare for a career in opera.

Darel Snodgrass spoke with Opera Memphis General Director Ned Canty, along with two of this year’s Handorf Company Artists—soprano Tina O’Malley and mezzo-soprano Perri di Christina—about the program and its impact.

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I began piano lessons at age 6, trumpet at age 9, and began teaching myself the guitar at 10. My electronics knowledge comes from my father, who had the RCA television and stereo shop in my hometown of Pocahontas, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. My dad is still fixing televisions at age 79.