Moreno, Octavio; Porzucki, Nina (facilitator/other). Discovery Green Park, 2009-12-11T16:30:00
Interview Description
Octavio Moreno (28) talks with facilitator Nina Porzucki (30) about his career as an opera singer.
00:33 Octavio was born in Hermosillo, MX. He talks about his family and what a great childhood he had.
10:30 Octavio talks about wanting to be a physicist when he was younger. He was fascinated with sound. He then tells the story about how he went from wanting to be a physicist, to a poet, to then wanting to study music.
14:00 Octavio is a Baritone and he tells the story about how he got into opera singing. He says, "In pursuing Bugs Bunny, I began singing opera. "
27:00 Octavio talks about his breathing techniques and describes what an opera needs to learn to be able to breath properly.
31:40 Octavio tells the story about singing "Figaro "for the first time on stage.
33:20 He ends the recording by singing the conclusion of "Figaro. "
Dates
- Creation: 2009-12-11T16:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Birthdays
- Bosses
- Bugs Bunny
- Changes In Education
- Coming Of Age
- Death
- Earliest Memories
- Fifa 10
- Figaro
- Grades
- Graduation
- Grandparents
- Immigration Stories
- Instrument Playing
- Le nozze di Figaro
- Listening Habits
- Occupational Traditions
- Parents
- Schools
- Singing
- Soccer
- Students
- Tall Tales
- Teachers
- Techniques
- Tecos
- Town Life
- Workday Life
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- apparitions
- apprenticeships
- breathing
- conjuring
- craft, skills, and procedures
- Ethnicity
- family favorite songs and poems
- family naming and nicknames
- family traditions
- first impression of America
- ghosts
- memories of growing up
- opera
- personal experiences
- regimens
- religious beliefs and practices
- school day memories
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu