1. My Austria trip is all-go (!), but Ann Murray canceled her master class. EPIC SADNESS. I'm not sad about having to study with someone else (they're all amazing, I'm sure), but I'm pretty bummed about Ms. Murray canceling. I'm sure she had a good reason, but I'm still sad. What can you do? My trip is still going to be amazing. I still have insane palpitations just thinking about it. SALZBURG and VIENNA. There are few words that excite me more than those two.
2. My first post-operation lesson with Tammy went splendidly. Shockingly, the operation did not fix my ten-thousand technical shortcomings. (HAH) Seriously, though: this operation has changed my life. I can breathe a thousand times better, I can smell and I can taste and my life is good. My passagio is significantly stronger (that's the first thing that I noticed and also the first thing that Tammy commented on). So, yay for that. I'm happy. And things are still going to get better because I'm still not 100% recovered. Modern medicine, I love you!
3. I discovered a Puccini opera that I actually really like! Madama Butterfly is tragic yet stunning. The beauty of it overwhelmed me. I love everything about it: the music, the characters, the plot, the setting...everything. Ah, <3 at first listen. Puccini, you have been saved from my I-don't-care list! You go, Puccini!
4. I am in love with Orlofsky. Epically. I cannot get him out of my head! My sister is sick of "Chacun a son gout" already. I'M NOT! I love his music, his attitude, everything. I cannot wait to start rehearsals. (Or to get my dialogue...Isabel, that's a shout-out to you. You have no idea how you make me suffer...) So it seems like I have love-affairs with all the characters I play. I guess it's a good thing they're always boys. :P
So, in short, life is good. Summer is rushing through my veins and I couldn't be happier.
3. I discovered a Puccini opera that I actually really like! Madama Butterfly is tragic yet stunning. The beauty of it overwhelmed me. I love everything about it: the music, the characters, the plot, the setting...everything. Ah, <3 at first listen. Puccini, you have been saved from my I-don't-care list! You go, Puccini!
4. I am in love with Orlofsky. Epically. I cannot get him out of my head! My sister is sick of "Chacun a son gout" already. I'M NOT! I love his music, his attitude, everything. I cannot wait to start rehearsals. (Or to get my dialogue...Isabel, that's a shout-out to you. You have no idea how you make me suffer...) So it seems like I have love-affairs with all the characters I play. I guess it's a good thing they're always boys. :P
So, in short, life is good. Summer is rushing through my veins and I couldn't be happier.
3 comments:
1) Jealous doesn't begin to describe how I feel about this ;) lol HAVE FUN!!!
2) YAY! Glad you're in tip-top condition :)
3) haha turns out Puccini is currently on my "I don't care list too!" Clearly I need to watch Butterfly asap :)
4) Wow, so exciting! Toi, toi, toi!
Kim,
Allow me to deal with each topic you have set forth in your post as you have arranged them:
1)Austria is very close to the center of the world for music majors. I am sorry that Ann Murray cancelled also, but do you know yet with whom you shall be studying?
2)I am pleased to hear that your surgery did correct what it was supposed to fix and that you are singing and breathing better than you were without it.
3)"Madama Butterfly" is one of Puccini's better works. I do not like everything that he composed, but I must say in his defense that "La Boheme" is an opera that spans the bridges of time and generations. It is overdone these days, but I shall never tire of hearing the recording with Pavarotti and Freni that made the tenor a star as Rodolfo; it is simply the standard. His "Che gelida manina" is the best I have ever heard. The story of Turandot is rather difficult to give credence, even for an opera, but who cares if they may hear "Nessun dorma" sung well? La Rondine was definitely not on my list of favorites...
4)Good luck with rehearsals! I would be so thankful to be cast in a classic opera even as a secondary role. I am still hoping and working on that. I might make a connection that way very soon, so pray for me!
Finally, may God continue to bless you with the desires of your heart, and may He keep you in His grace until His triumphant return.
-Tyler.
Ah! Austria! Can I come with?! haha! Just kidding...I wish, though...oh, how I miss beautiful Vienna! And I have yet to see the splendor of Salzburg...
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