I'm not a great fan of opera, despite people often mistaking my last name as that of history's most famous tenor, Enrico Caruso. On the other hand, I do like musicals, mostly because of the enjoyable time I had as a high school student playing violin in the pits.
Ironically, that experience provided (in a very strained way) my only direct experience with opera. During my junior year, several of us bow-slinging types were asked to help add our melodious strains to the string-less orchestra pit of a neighboring school district.
The musical was "My Fair Lady." The role of Eliza Doolittle was played by an accomplished teenage singer by the name of Renée Fleming. You might recognize the name – if not now than in less than two weeks when she sings the national anthem at the Super Bowl. She's perhaps America's most well-known soprano, and the closest I've ever got to opera.
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Christopher Carosa
Chris Carosa has been writing a weekly article and monthly column for BenefitsPRO online and BenefitsPRO Magazine since 2011 and is a nationally recognized award-winning writer, researcher and speaker. He’s written seven books, including From Cradle to Retire: The Child IRA; Hey! What’s My Number? – How to Increase the Odds You Will Retire in Comfort; A Pizza The Action: Everything I Ever Learned About Business I Learned By Working in a Pizza Stand at the Erie County Fair; and the widely acclaimed 401(k) Fiduciary Solutions. Carosa is also Chief Contributing Editor of the authoritative trade journal FiduciaryNews.com and publisher of the Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima Sentinel, a weekly community newspaper he founded in 1989. Currently serving as President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and with more than 1,000 articles published in various publications, he appears regularly in the national media. A “parallel” entrepreneur, he actively runs a handful of businesses, including a small boutique investment adviser, providing hands-on experience for his writing. A trained astrophysicist, he also holds an MBA and has been designated a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor. Share your thoughts and story ideas with him through Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christophercarosa/)and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChrisCarosa).
