When you have opening night and then closing night you don't have those bumps of low energy.
So today, I am moving on to the next frame of mind... Merola!! I am so excited to be getting ready to go. I am packing this year with a good idea of what I will need (which is helpful.. so that this year I don't have to call home for warmer clothes! ha!)
My top 10 list of things that I am looking forward to in San Francisco: (in no particular order)
1. Amazing produce... wow. You can actually eat the 100 mile diet and be pleased!
2. Blue bottle coffee. I am not even a huge coffee drinker, but wow...
3. Seeing my old friends from last year Merolini!!
4. Working with an amazing Faculty, Staff and Colleagues
5. Amici di Merola picnics!
6. The pizza right by Dolores Park.. I can't remember the name of the place..
7. The views
8. The hills... they do the body good even though we curse them often
9. Papaya salad... I know where to get one when I need it
10. Window shopping
Now it is time to get up and continue memorizing....
Have a lovely day.
Suz
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Blondie
Ahhh I love this career!!
Just am getting home from a lovely evening of Mozart as I sang Blondchen with Opera Nova Scotia and I had a ball. I need to remember this feeling because it is the reason why we deal with all of the faults of this career. For these exact moments. I am on my performance high and don't want to come down!!
Happy as a clam (as my mom would say)
Cheers!
Just am getting home from a lovely evening of Mozart as I sang Blondchen with Opera Nova Scotia and I had a ball. I need to remember this feeling because it is the reason why we deal with all of the faults of this career. For these exact moments. I am on my performance high and don't want to come down!!
Happy as a clam (as my mom would say)
Cheers!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Getting "pumped up"
Happy Spring!!
To those who spring brings nasal congestion and itchy eyes, well I am sorry! But for me this year, miraculously, that is NOT the case!
This spring has been a little nuts though in every other aspect. I was finishing up shows of carmen, while rehearsing for Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, and Postcard while teaching, working and heading to new york for auditions. There was one week that I thought I was sure to get to sick, but I have made it out alive.
I am now in rehearsals for Blondchen, and at the same time running to the practice room to continue memorizing Postcard. There are high G's in this role that I am determined to make beautiful, although they feel just slightly screechy at this point... words and high g's should not be combined! I'd like to buy a vowel please..
Just a quick note tonight, as I am heading to my new love... Moksha yoga. Really any type of yoga keeps me happy though...
Suz
To those who spring brings nasal congestion and itchy eyes, well I am sorry! But for me this year, miraculously, that is NOT the case!
This spring has been a little nuts though in every other aspect. I was finishing up shows of carmen, while rehearsing for Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, and Postcard while teaching, working and heading to new york for auditions. There was one week that I thought I was sure to get to sick, but I have made it out alive.
I am now in rehearsals for Blondchen, and at the same time running to the practice room to continue memorizing Postcard. There are high G's in this role that I am determined to make beautiful, although they feel just slightly screechy at this point... words and high g's should not be combined! I'd like to buy a vowel please..
Just a quick note tonight, as I am heading to my new love... Moksha yoga. Really any type of yoga keeps me happy though...
Suz
Sunday, April 1, 2012
On the road again...
Well the Carmen tour has been on the road now since March 21st and we are on a roll. We are pros at what we call "hotel-camping". In an attempt to save money and to eat healthier, we have brought a rice cooker, a crock pot, burners, and a grill. We have eaten many lovely meals so far and all for a small amount of money! (Please don't tell the hotel workers, although it must be pretty obvious from the smells!)
As for the shows, it is always a challenge to sing in different halls, in different cities and sleeping in different places all the time, but so far so good! The biggest challenge has proved to be finding a place to practice! We found a place in Sault Ste Marie yesterday for two hours, but I fear that might have been a rare find...
I am working on Blondchen, Lady with a Hand Mirror *which I really need a piano for* and Serpetta all at once and studying your score is great, but I need some full-voiced singing at this point. I am thinking of sneaking down to the pool tomorrow and singing in there..
Two months until San Francisco as of today! wowsa!
Cheers from a plastic cup..
As for the shows, it is always a challenge to sing in different halls, in different cities and sleeping in different places all the time, but so far so good! The biggest challenge has proved to be finding a place to practice! We found a place in Sault Ste Marie yesterday for two hours, but I fear that might have been a rare find...
I am working on Blondchen, Lady with a Hand Mirror *which I really need a piano for* and Serpetta all at once and studying your score is great, but I need some full-voiced singing at this point. I am thinking of sneaking down to the pool tomorrow and singing in there..
Two months until San Francisco as of today! wowsa!
Cheers from a plastic cup..
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
New Merola Class is Announced!
http://www.sfcv.org/article/music-news-march-13-2012
Looking forward to meeting my fellow colleagues this year :)
I am "pumped up"!! (As my fellow Merolini might remember from a comment I made in an article last summer...lesson learned... think before you speak!)
Suzanne
Looking forward to meeting my fellow colleagues this year :)
I am "pumped up"!! (As my fellow Merolini might remember from a comment I made in an article last summer...lesson learned... think before you speak!)
Suzanne
Sunday, February 19, 2012
George London Competition
Wahoo!
I am happy to announce that I won a prize at the George London Competition in New York on February 17th. There was some excellent singing that day. WOW! Congrats to all the singers. :)
Suzanne
I am happy to announce that I won a prize at the George London Competition in New York on February 17th. There was some excellent singing that day. WOW! Congrats to all the singers. :)
Suzanne
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