Vive la France!

Yesterday (August 29, 2012) I sang in the first round of the Marmande Competition in Marmande France! Take a wild guess as to what aria this was....

I am heading back into town to have some dinner and find out the results... fingers crossed...

Suzanne

On s'en va en France!

Morning, Night? I don't know what time it is anymore!


Well its 4:30pm here in Toulouse and I plan on enjoying the rest of the day! I left montreal last night at 8:15, flew to Munich and then to Toulouse. The tour that I have been waiting for has begun!

Tomorrow I leave for Marmande. I haven't decided exactly when I will leave. That is the fun part about traveling... nothing HAS to be planned! (Unless there is singing involved!) I have three days to sort of relax back into singing and get my body acquainted with the time zone. My remedy for that? Coffee! Must...stay... awake!

Alright off to visit the sites.

Here's to a fall full of auditions!

Suzanne

What does one do AFTER Merola?

Well...

The question is endless and it varies from exciting to scary! (In my own case at least)....

I am packing up, and shipping out of Montreal, out of Canada, out of North America for a little European tour. I will be doing competitions, auditions and language training. What better to do all of this than by indulging the language and culture of Opera.

I start my journey by flying into Toulouse. Ah mes amis!!! J'ai hâte de visiter en France parce que ce fois je suis bilingue! I stay in France for a while and then head to Germany where I will work on my German and get ready for audition season to start. Down. Set. HUT!

I want to wish all of my fellow Merolini's luck in the tortuous wait to find out about Adler Fellowships... what a stressful thing to think about- Its better just to not! It is not something predictable. Having been through it once, I promise you.

Back to the three P's" Packing, Planning and Prepping!

Signing out,

Suz

Grande finale countdown!

Morning!

The last big event of The Merola season of 2012 is now only 8 days away! I can't believe it! I feel like this summer always leads up to this point, but when we arrived here (June 1st) It seemed off in the far distance.

This also means that I leave for Europe in... 2 weeks... oh my gosh!!

Anyway, one thing at a time!... Today is audition day for the Schwabacher Debut Rectial series.. :)

As for grande finale... I am so excited to sing the Arabella duet with Aviva Fortunata and then I am also in a Semele scene as well as a Alceste scene and the finale. We are going to be very busy and that is very fun because any chance to stand on that War Memorial Opera stage I will do it!

Count down is on! I love it!

Suzanne