10 Questions with Clare Gardner

Meet Clare Gardner, Board Member and Photographer

1. Whatʼs your sign?

Taurus/Aries cusp

2. Favorite opera?

Turandot

3. If you could have any other job in the world, what would it be?

Travel Photographer

4. What is your favorite dessert?

Crème brûlée

5. If you had to describe yourself using three words, what would they be?

Gregarious, intelligent, fun

6. What is your favorite holiday?

Thanksgiving

7. What was your first opera?

Der Rosenkavalier

8. If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor would you want to play you?

A jack-of-all-trades who has aspirations of becoming a top-secret ninja spy; played by Vivien Leigh

9. Are you a morning or night person?

neither - mid-day

10. Whatʼs your favorite thing to do in the winter?

hibernate... and go to Tempo parties!

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10 Questions with Angie Mortellaro

Meet Angie Mortellaro, Resident Artist (soprano)

1. What’s your sign?

Taurus

2. Favorite opera?

It is a tie between Hansel and Gretel and La Boheme. 

3. If you could have any other job in the world, what would it be?

If I could have any other job, I would like to own my own (successful!) small business. A book store/coffee shop, probably, or cafe with really yummy breakfast and good quality coffee.

4. What is your favorite dessert?

Warm chocolate chip cookies with really cold milk. 

5. If you had to describe yourself using three words, what would they be?

Fun-loving, passionate, and... a bit bull-headed. Just ask my fiance.

6. What is your favorite holiday?

Thanksgiving! 

7. What was your first opera?

My mother is a musician, so I grew up listening to Classical Music.  My first Opera was La Traviata at the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee. I really liked it. However, I remember being much more moved and influenced musically by seeing Strauss' Four Last Songs with the Milwaukee Symphony when I was in high-school - it was AWESOME! 

8. If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor would you want to play you?

A movie about my life would be focused on the love story of Jeff and I, and our incredibly transient opera-singing lifestyle the year we started dating. A romantic comedy! Even though I am a brunette, and she is a blond, I would want Katherine Keigl to play my character. She is adorable. 

9. Are you a morning or night person?

Night person, definitely. Here I am at 1 am on a Tuesday answering these questions!

10. What’s your favorite thing to do in the winter?

My favorite thing to do in the winter is drink hot apple cider, and read books. 

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10 Questions with Lauren Viner

Meet Lauren Viner, Tempo Board Member

1. What’s your sign? 

Aquarius

2. Favorite opera? 

La traviata

3. If you could have any other job in the world, what would it be?  

I would love to be the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown

4. What is your favorite dessert? 

Chocolate dipped fruit, rice krispie treats

5. If you had to describe yourself using three words, what would they be? 

Sincere, optimistic, funny

6. What is your favorite holiday? 

Christmas.  I love Christmas music.  And New Year’s is a close second.  I always claim not to have made any resolutions, but it’s a lie.

7. What was your first opera? 

Madame Butterfly

8. If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor would you want to play you? 

Kristen Chenoweth, Broadway musical.    

9. Are you a morning or night person?  

I am a night person occasionally masquerading as a morning person.  I love the feeling you have after waking up early and getting things done.

10. What’s your favorite thing to do in the winter? 

Going skiing or running and then diving under a bunch of blankets and drinking hot chocolate.

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10 Questions with Sarah Langford

Meet Sarah Langford, Tempo Board Member

1. What’s your sign?

Capricorn

2. Favorite opera?

Aida

3. If you could have any other job in the world, what would it be?

Marine biologist

4. What is your favorite dessert?

Tres leches

5. If you had to describe yourself using four words, what would they be?

Party-in-a-box

6. What is your favorite holiday?

Christmas

7. What was your first opera?

Missing Barber of Seville with my family, I still regret it. Following that The Magic Flute.

8. If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor would you want to play you?

It would be about understanding the disparities of the world and still being hopeful. I would want to be played by Audrey Hepburn.

9. Are you a morning or night person?

Morning

10. What’s your favorite thing to do in the winter?

Yield to the cold

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