REVISED AS OF 12/5/08I should know better than to try to churn out data while I’m on the road, saddled by a technology curse. Please find below a corrected list of WTOS aria offerings. KPW At 3pm, my laptop turned into a doorstop. I’m trying not to curse it, but 9 hours later I think
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Days 8-10: Back in the East
The two days back in home territory at Wolf Trap flew by. As we heard 12 hours of auditions, furiously did laundry, repacked, and ran off to catch the train, my wise husband asked what kind of idiot made up this masochistic audition schedule. Uh… At least this time, it was the train. So civilized
Read MoreNEW YORK LOCATION INFORMATION
A note for New York singers who are trying to find us at Carroll Studios this week: Walk west on 55th St and cross over 11th Ave. Walk on the right side of the street until the sidewalk is blocked by a barricade. At that point, #625 is on your right. Go up a few
Read MoreDays 5-7: The Midwest
Cincinnati and Chicago have passed in a bit of a blur. Completely satisfying from a purely artistic point of view, but otherwise kind of irritating. First, the satisfying part. We’re hearing a range of singers, some of whom are really intriguing candidates for this year’s rosters – both Filene Young Artist and Studio. And there
Read MoreCincinnati to Chicago: A Comedy of Errors
In which a petite puppet-master in the reflects on her trio of travelers…and the ease in which they’re moving through their annual pilgrimage. As her thoughts circle, the wind changes directions…as do the fates of her travelers…) Prologue The alarms go off at 7:00 a.m. In three hotel rooms in Cincinnati, the weary travelers groan
Read MoreDay 4: San Francisco
We were in War Memorial’s chorus rehearsal room for yesterday’s auditions. First time in a long time we’ve actually held them in the opera house, and it was great to be there. Good friends rehearsing for Boheme down the hall and a matinee of Elixir down on the stage. Next year we’ll have to think
Read MoreDay 3: Los Angeles
A gentle Santa Ana wind is blowing through LA. I even got out this morning to run my pitiful mile… trying to do it in each city… so far I’m 2 for 2:) We’re only in town for 26 hours, and it was a busy day, with both Studio Artist and Filene Young Artist auditions.
Read MoreTransition: Houston to LA
A quick dispatch from the Houston airport. Our flight to LA is delayed, and by the time I get to my computer in California, I may be a little too fried to report. This morning, Beatrice and Benedict student matinee at HGO. I want to see all my operas with a couple thousand kids. So
Read MoreDay 2: Houston
We have discovered a new use for Facebook. Rahree casually mentioned on her FB status that the hotel seems intent on putting decaf coffee packets in the rooms. And that it was having a deleterious effect on her morning. Fast forward a couple of hours to checking into the Wortham Center for today’s auditions, at
Read MoreDay 1: Houston
And so it begins. In another rehearsal room in a series of towns that all begin to look the same. Friends are jealous when I tell them that November means Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York and Philadelphia. But it’s really an unbroken series of the insides of airplanes, taxicabs, rehearsal rooms
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