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Peterson and Michele Capalbo as Ruiz and Leonora in Opera Colorado’s production of Il trovatore, 2012
her entrance into an opera world impacted by the 2008 recession. Although she was nding work, it was the time between contracts that proved tough to bridge.
“When you’re working between contracts, you’ll often have gaps,” she says. “I thought I would take a temp job between contracts to have income.”
Then, one of Sawvel’s contracts fell through. At the same time, an opportunity to work in marketing presented itself.
“It was tempting,” she says. “I thought, ‘I’m really interested in this, too.’”
And, so, Sawvel set out to embark on a marketing career, simultaneously continuing in music by focusing her energy on establishing
a solid regional career. Her job enables her
to work remotely as singing opportunities present themselves. And through the magic of paid time o , which she occasionally uses, she can realize a steady stream of income.
“I feel like I’m in a good place and have a nice balance between the number of gigs I’m able to take and my other work,” she says. “I’ve been lucky that my employer has been
able to nd ways to work with my opera performances.” While Sawvel admitted that setting aside practice and
preparation time as well as having the energy to manage
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