The trouble with performing is that sometimes you get to perform a work over and over and it you are sick of it before the last rehearsal and other times the show goes up and is over with too soon.

My most recent opera[1], performed this weekend, had two performances.  The first performance, I was jittery and nervous and messed up my acting.  I ( Read more... )

Victorian Lyric Opera Company

As it happens about a week before The Old Maid and the Thief was going up, I auditioned for a community theater opera group and Got Cast.  I was slightly nervous for the audition, I hadn’t had time to practice my aria recently because I was too busy with the other opera[1].  The pianist messed up my music, ( Read more... )