Hello to you! I want to take an opportunity to welcome you to my newest creation! This will be the perfect opportunity for me to communicate with many of you, especially for those of you who, over the years, have personally asked me to keep you informed about my career, but also to those of you who some way or another have found your way to what I have named, the "TenorBlog by Michael Hendrick". The official address for TenorBlog by Michael Hendrick is http://www.michaelhendrick.com/tenorblog.html. Or, you can go to my website, http://www.michaelhendrick.com, and select "TenorBlog" from the Home Page. I hope you will add both of these sites to the front of your bookmarks on your browser, and visit me often, as I hope to add new entries on a regular basis.

As I begin this new journey, I am currently in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, singing with Pittsburgh Opera in the role of Bacchus in "Ariadne auf Naxos" by Richard Strauss. First, I want to give proper credit to Christopher Hahn, Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Opera, as the one who inspired me to make the decision to begin TenorBlog by Michael Hendrick.

Christopher Hahn recently created Pittsburgh Opera's "OperaBlog", which can be viewed at Pittsburgh Opera's website, www.pittsburghopera.org. A few days ago, Christopher first approached soprano Jane Eaglen, who is here singing the title role of Ariadne, to ask her if she might contribute regular entries to Pittsburgh Opera's OperaBlog. This is certainly not the first time Jane Eaglen has been asked to create such a journal. Jane is well-known for creating previous journal entries during runs of a other productions with Seattle Opera and The Metropolitan Opera. So it was only natural that Christopher Hahn would "take advantage" of Jane's expertise and willingness! I thought about how nice it would be to have a chance to do the same, so I created my own personal web blog, where others could read about my day to day experiences, and maybe learn a little about the life of an operatic tenor, from the "inside".

So welcome to you all! I eagerly anticipate this new project.

All best wishes,
Michael