Tu ne chanteras plus?

So today was the first day that we got to sing through the trio that I’m singing in.  This is a trio between Antonia, Dr. Miracle, and Antonia’s Mother, and it sounds beautiful…but is legit a beast to put together.  I was really nervous about it so spent a good portion of the afternoon in a practice room working out my own part and figuring out the fine tunings I needed to work on, then I went to the rehearsal and we did a run of it with one cast (myself, Andrea, and David; the entire workshop is double cast).  Surprisingly it went REALLY well, like it didn’t completely crash and burn, and for the most part we just need to work on transitions (and I need to work on solidifying the end…which sounds a bit like a carnival ride, bleh).  So we’ll be meeting again on Friday morning at 11:15 to work on it again, but I was really happy that it went as well as it did.  The other cast did really well too, we’re not sure what the actual casts will be (like who will be singing on each night) but we’ll find out on Saturday.

Then later tonight there was a masterclass taught by Lorna MacDonald which six singers got to participate in, and I got the pleasure of hearing some arias that I don’t usually get to hear :)

Les oiseaux dans la charmille from Les Contes D’Hoffmann

Lenski’s Aria from Eugene Onegin

Salut a la France from La Fille du Regiment

Pres des remparts de Seville from Carmen

Lonely House from Street Scene

Ebben?... Ne andro lontana from La Wally

Everyone really put their best foot forward and sang really beautifully, I’m excited to sing on Saturday!

We start staging the show tomorrow and are going to have the entire production blocked in the next four days (so crazy!!!)

Day 04 - A picture of your night.

I saw this in the practice room that I spent some of this evening in