About
360° of Opera is a platform I founded in 2016, looking to bring to light all aspects of the art form, especially those that get lost in the background. This idea originated as I was listening to highlights of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Carnegie Hall. I was transported and really let my mind wander and go places where I had not really let it go before. Since I started in this field, I have been fascinated by every little corner of what happens in the theater, before, during and after a show, in order to bring opera to life. I realized that there had to be a way for me to share my passion for all of this with everyone else. This is just the beginning of what I hope will be a positive contribution to innovation in opera, community outreach, journalism & music education.
With a fan base of over 28K followers across continents, 360° of Opera has grown beyond my wildest dreams and continues to evolve, with regular guest contributors, exciting collaborations, live interviews and new partnerships. Please follow 360° of Opera on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook under @360OfOpera. You can now read the blog on this website & you can watch our video interviews on YouTube.
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Eugenia
Our Team
Eugenia Forteza
Founder & Lead Editor
#360ofOperaLive Host
#CoffeeHourWith360 Host
Thank you for being here! I’m a French-Argentinean (she/her) mezzo-soprano & actor based in NYC… though I much prefer the nomad life and you can usually (pandemic aside) find me traveling around the world, getting in all sorts of opera trouble ;)
Opera found me and I never looked back. However, for me, opera does not live in a precious, sacred bubble. It coexists with many other interests that inform the way I live and breathe opera on a daily basis. Welcome to 360° of Opera. Welcome to my world. All are welcome and I encourage a detail oriented, yet big picture vision of what opera is and can be.
Website: www.eugeniaforteza.com
Social: @fortezaeugenia
Contact: fortezaeugenia@gmail.com
Avi Green
Contributor
Opera Pub Quiz Host
Avi Green (she/her) is an American-Israeli Mezzo-Soprano, based in London. Avi’s repertoire includes Charlotte (Werther - Massenet), Baba the Turk (The Rake’s Progress - Stravinsky). She recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music.
In addition to her singing, and AA Opera, Avi is involved with making opera accessible to audiences new and old through video content on her YouTube Channel (Avi Green), where she shares her experiences and other fun opera content. You may recognize her face from the Opera PubQuiz, which she started back on her own channels when the pandemic took off, now it’s a recurring segment on 360° of Opera's IG page.
When Avi is not behind some new sheet music or creating content, she is most likely sitting with a cup of tea and enjoying a good book or anything to do with history (especially costuming).
Websites : www.avigreenmezzo.com / www.aaoperapod.com
YouTube Podcast
Socials : @avigreen_ @aaoperapod
Contact: hello@avigreenmezzo.com
Melanie Spector
Social Media Contributor & Editor
Melanie Spector (she/her) is a coloratura soprano who was born and raised in New York City. Some of her recent accomplishments include singing the role of Sister Constance in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Savannah VOICE Festival; being a semifinalist in the 2020 James Toland Vocal Arts Competition; performing as part of Warren Jones’ Singers and Pianists Seminar at Manhattan School of Music; and soloing in Schubert’s Mass in E-flat Major with the MSM Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Kent Tritle. Other highlights include Miss Wordsworth in Britten’s Albert Herring at MSM, for which Operawire praised her “beaming soprano”; and covering Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance program. Previous credits also include Die Zauberflöte (Königin der Nacht), Così fan tutte (Despina), and The Impresario (Madame Goldentrill). She is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Mark Oswald. In addition to singing, Ms. Spector can be heard as a panelist on the Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera Quiz during Saturday matinées. She also owns her own Etsy shop, Crafting Coloratura, where she makes and sells her own opera-themed embroidery and cross stitch pieces.
Social: @msoperageek
Website: www.melaniespector.com
Contact: msoperageek@gmail.com
Chloe Yutong Yang
Blog Contributor
Yutong Yang (she/her) hails from Shenzhen, China. She is a voyager who enjoys venturing into the unknown, there and back again. Her vocal training since early childhood has blossomed into a grand passion for opera and the performing arts in general. She is currently taking classical voice lessons with a professor from the Central Academy of Drama.
Yutong works as spokesperson for one of China’s most internationally renowned countertenors. She contributes to enjoyGUDIAN, the most influential classical music blog in China, and Opera, the nation’s only publicly distributed magazine dedicated to opera and its culture.
Intrigued by intersections between music, race and ethnicity, and queer and feminist theory, Yutong serves on an international council advocating for our oceans, hoping to bridge languages and cultures while engaging in creative advocacy.
Social: @1147_chloe
Logan Martell
Ballet Contributor
A graduate of Fordham University, Logan Martell has covered performances throughout New York City for leading publication OperaWire since 2017. He has interviewed opera singers such as Nadine Sierra and John Holiday, as well as film and artistic directors worldwide.
Social: @logan.martell93
Diego Valdez
Photography Contributor
Diego Valdez (he/his) is a tenor from sunny El Paso, TX who is currently based in Brooklyn, NY. He’s been making the rounds in the returning live-music scene out of the pandemic in NYC with his recent performances as Fritz with Teatro Grattacielo’s production of L’amico Fritz , Manfredo in I Vespri Siciliani with New Amsterdam Opera, covering Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with Opera in Williamsburg, and various streamed concerts.
Alongside cultivating his love for classical music and performing, Diego spent time picking up new skills and hobbies (too many hobbies honestly) including photography. Representing and capturing the moments you can see in live theater and the artists who are behind them became more than a passion project, and now he works as a emerging freelance photographer. When he’s not at work with music or photography, you can usually find Diego gaming and learning more about his interests and discovering new hobbies to share with others.
Social: @Diegovaldeztenor
Website: www.Diegovaldeztenor.com
Contact: diegovaldeztenor@gmail.com