Trying to remain opera-tional

The life of an opera singer equals comedy

Monday, September 13, 2010

The Daily Slog

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Living the life of a musician - but particularly one whose instrument is housed inside their body - is such an odd existence. "Work...
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Monday, September 6, 2010

Absence

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Hi guys. Wow - I'm really sorry I haven't written anything in a long time. This could be the least I've blogged in the entire ti...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Vacay

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Yeah, I've been away from the blog, and from singing in general this week. I pulled out Kindertotenlieder today, which is my next proje...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Olympic wrap up

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It really is appropriate that the opera I finished singing last night is called the Olympics, because not only was akin to an athletic event...
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Monday, August 9, 2010

The anatomy of anxiety

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I've been thinking a lot about fear in the last few days, and why we get afraid of things. Mostly because with the dress rehearsal and t...
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Friday, August 6, 2010

It's my birthday, baby!

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Yes it is. 35 years young today and still kicking. What am I doing to celebrate this birthday? Why, I'm performing the final dress rehea...
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Saturday, July 31, 2010

The Pursuit of Happiness

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I haven't been blogging this week because my brain has been so full of italian recitative, I haven't had the space to create even a ...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

First Recording DONE!

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I finished my last day of recording on Friday afternoon and flew back to Innsbruck (via Munich) on Friday evening. I went right back into st...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Recording

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Right now, it's Day 2 of my very first recording project. I'm at the Teldex studios in Berlin recording Nerone in Handel's Agrip...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

How to make mundane things more fun

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Yesterday, when I was writing that long post, I was actually procrastinating the fact that I had to go find a laundromat and do my laundry. ...
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I started writing this blog while I was singing in Italy for the first time ( I was singing Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, hence the blog name) and discovered that writing down my crazy adventures was completely cathartic. So I'm still here. Also, I find that laughing at myself reminds me that life is funny, and this allows me plenty of opportunities to do just that.
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