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All right. A quick singing/auditions logistics post.
Here are the arias that I can sing in my sleep--regardless of technical readiness. Notes and rhythms.
Deh vieni
Batti, batti
Vedrai carino
Una donna
In uomini
Du gai soleil
O wär ich schon
Monica's Waltz
Steal Me, Sweet Thief
Laurie's Song (but I don't think I'd use it)
What Good Would the Moon Be?
Piangerò la sorte mia
Quando me'n vo (with a couple more rehearsals it will be fine...though that high B is still gnarly)
So. Here's what I think I'm going to do, since I have a single voice lesson before I go to New York for auditions. I am going to make a copy of all of these arias, put them in a binder, then pick five for each audition (except for Britten-Pears, which is all Mozart, so I'll probably bring one from each opera that I know something from...pity my new Idomeneo aria isn't going to be ready!). As long as I have all of those arias available, I don't have to worry about having everything I need.
I need to put "Deh vieni" away for a while, since I feel like I'm hitting a ceiling with it. So an ideal audition package might look kind of like this:
Batti, batti o bel Masetto
Du gai soleil
O wär ich schon
Steal Me, Sweet Thief
Quando me'n vo
And then for Green Mountain Opera Festival, where I need a baroque aria, I'd probably just switch out "Quando" for "Piangerò." And Terry thinks that "Monica" might be a better choice because I haven't sung it as recently as I've sung "Steal Me."
God, who knows?!
~Anne
Here are the arias that I can sing in my sleep--regardless of technical readiness. Notes and rhythms.
Deh vieni
Batti, batti
Vedrai carino
Una donna
In uomini
Du gai soleil
O wär ich schon
Monica's Waltz
Steal Me, Sweet Thief
Laurie's Song (but I don't think I'd use it)
What Good Would the Moon Be?
Piangerò la sorte mia
Quando me'n vo (with a couple more rehearsals it will be fine...though that high B is still gnarly)
So. Here's what I think I'm going to do, since I have a single voice lesson before I go to New York for auditions. I am going to make a copy of all of these arias, put them in a binder, then pick five for each audition (except for Britten-Pears, which is all Mozart, so I'll probably bring one from each opera that I know something from...pity my new Idomeneo aria isn't going to be ready!). As long as I have all of those arias available, I don't have to worry about having everything I need.
I need to put "Deh vieni" away for a while, since I feel like I'm hitting a ceiling with it. So an ideal audition package might look kind of like this:
Batti, batti o bel Masetto
Du gai soleil
O wär ich schon
Steal Me, Sweet Thief
Quando me'n vo
And then for Green Mountain Opera Festival, where I need a baroque aria, I'd probably just switch out "Quando" for "Piangerò." And Terry thinks that "Monica" might be a better choice because I haven't sung it as recently as I've sung "Steal Me."
God, who knows?!
~Anne