Nov 23, 2023
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"casta diva" kulaklarımda zonkluyor. reddetmek ve boyun eğiş. ama sen handan, hiçbir zaman norma olmadın. sonra hep turandot. sonra hep turandot.
selim ileri - yarın yapayalnız
A quick short update on life
I got to sing in my first fully staged grand opera this summer! No, edit: I got to go live in Berlin, Germany to participate and perform in my first fully staged grand opera this summer. I got to sing Puccini. As an undergrad. In Germany. No, I still don't believe it myself, but it was heaven. Pure heaven. Now, I am preparing for my senior recital. The hearing is next week, and after my rehearsal with my accompanist today, we're having another rehearsal this weekend to make sure that we're as ready as possible because, well, nothing seemed to be clicking. I'm a little bit terrified of what will happen next Thursday at the hearing. It was an early hearing/recital date, anc combined with the fact that my teacher had me change 50% of the rep on there only 2 weeks ago, I am a tiny bt freaking out.
I've been thinking a lot about stage fright recently. It's interesting to me, because, sure, I have stage fright. Who doesn't? (Pavarotti once said if you don't have stage fright, you're doing something wrong.) But the thing is, I have come to learn how my stage fright affects me and my performance. So, for example, I will be terrified back stage- shaking and everything. But the second I steel myself to go on stage and "become" my character, all of that is gone. Every time it happens, I can't help but feel like I did magic because that transition from myself into somebody else is just otherworldly and simply beautiful. I love it.
Felt like blogging, so here goes.
Just one little thought. I’m super bored of my music currently because I’ve been working on these pieces for too long. Fortunately I’ll record them tomorrow and I can move on to other pieces. But between now and tomorrow I have to remember the beauty of this music so that I don’t give a blah performance.
On to Handel, John Blow, more Bach, Schütz, and god knows what else. Probably a lot of Handel. Hopefully more Italian. Monteverdi?
Can someone please write an Alice in Wonderland opera? That would be some trippy fun shit
"Only Madame Jenkins has perfected the art of giving added zest to a written phrase by improvising it in a quarter tones, either above or below the original notes."
Everyone's a critic! Learn more about unusual life and career of 1940's songstress Florence Foster Jenkins in my Podcast "Grace Notes" coming out on Monday!
Poll: What are your favorite Halloween/spooky pieces to play/sing?