Auditions for Ruddigore
I auditioned tonight for my local G&S society. I always audition for everything, but really want Mad Margaret.
For my audition piece, I sang Margaret's opening song. I tried to play the madness along the lines of Idris (Doctor's Wife), and to help me I took a prop. I secreted my litle Doctor figure in my pocket and took it out at the line 'Love lonely'. I then did a bit of acting with him as I sang the ballad about someone going to a garden to pick roses. Looking at the words, it is very fitting for me to use Ten.
I will find out next week if I have got a part, but I am secretly very hopeful; the director is someone I have been partnered up with on stage a few times, and the MD is my old singing teacher and church choirmistress. Both of them know what I can do and that I am reliable.
To see what I sang, here is a professional.
For my audition piece, I sang Margaret's opening song. I tried to play the madness along the lines of Idris (Doctor's Wife), and to help me I took a prop. I secreted my litle Doctor figure in my pocket and took it out at the line 'Love lonely'. I then did a bit of acting with him as I sang the ballad about someone going to a garden to pick roses. Looking at the words, it is very fitting for me to use Ten.
I will find out next week if I have got a part, but I am secretly very hopeful; the director is someone I have been partnered up with on stage a few times, and the MD is my old singing teacher and church choirmistress. Both of them know what I can do and that I am reliable.
To see what I sang, here is a professional.
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