this deep dream

24. soprano. this is a collection of dreams and thoughts related to opera & music--and my journey along the way.

[thecuriouspianist]

The Pianist // Giovanni Boldini , 1931 [via]

[operaqueen]

Maria Callas, Medea. 1957.

[fyp-psychology]

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

D.W. Winnicott (via fyp-psychology)

[barcarole]

Maria Callas in La Sonnambula.

[flawlyssa]

The cast of Hamilton performing Alexander Hamilton at the White House.

[ink-phoenix]

I AM ALIVE

[dk-thrive]

Practice is not about being perfect. It’s about being yourself. It’s about getting past your lines of defense to find the soft, chewy, sweet center.

Jay Fields (via dk-thrive)

[sopranosoprano]

Yes.

[madopiano]

concept: me, in an empty concert hall with the house lights dimmed. I have a week until my recital and my run-through just went very well. 

[metbackstagestories-blog]

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Maria Callas (1957)

[deforest]

Do a good day’s work and act like somebody.

Sheriff Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show)

[rainyday-recess]

[dorotheevp]

Schubert au piano Gustav Klimt 1899

[operavoci]

Nina Stemme & Jonas Kaufmann, Wiener Staasoper, La fanciulla del West

https://twitter.com/FemaleOperarium

[operanerd]

Kristīne Opolais, Klaus Florian Vogt, and Nadia Krasteva in the Bayerische Staatsoper´s 2013 production of Dvořák´s Rusalka

[thecuriouspianist]

Actor Peter Jerndorff and his wife Amalie at the piano

August Jerndorff | Danish, 1890

[via]

[brokensmolders]

hamiltines

[thisdeepdream]

Me: I'm going to take a day off from practicing today

All composers: congratulations , you played yourself