My audition for Princess Ida is this evening! I've heard from one of the earlier auditioners that the directors are thinking "very flexibly" regarding the casting for this show (she sang for Ida and ended up reading for Prince Hilarion), which makes me all sorts of excited since I decided to audition for Cyril, which would involve some potentially ( Read more... )

So nothing came of the audition that was the last thing I posted about before my extended absence. I wasn't really expecting it to and at least I learned a lot in the process, so I'm not too disappointed.

I started taking voice lessons this summer with the same teacher as kibarika and pseudokiwi. After a few months my teacher has decided I'm actually a somewhat ( Read more... )

Hey Livejournal. Uh, long time no see.

My Christmas was good. How about yours?

As is my usual for the first week of January, I auditioned for the Durham Savoyards' yearly show. This year we're doing The Mikado, which I'd already gotten a bit excited about and made a few postsI auditioned for the role of Peep-Bo, reasoning that I really probably ( Read more... )

W.S. Gilbert mostly used nonsense words and baby-talk for the "Japanese" names in The Mikado, but in the actual libretto he used real Japanese in places. Most famously in the Mikado's processional "Miya-sama, Miya-sama ( Read more... )

I'd apologize for not posting much, but I figure everyone's used to me neglecting it for extended periods and I dont' think my posting behavior is likely to change.

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I auditioned to be in Trial by Jury, being performed at the end of October. I got in the chorus, and some small ensemble bits in the 2nd half (Trial by Jury is I think the shortest of the G&S canon at only about 40 minutes, so it's being paired with a concert ( Read more... )

I'm still around, just haven't had the ability to focus long enough to write a post in a while ( Read more... )