March 2013
1 post
Fort Worth Opera Mythbusters →
Found this gem online today. Darren K. Woods and the studio artists at Fort Worth Opera dispel some opera myths on live tv!
January 2013
22 posts
When the off-book date turns out to be way earlier...
WAI WONT GIFS WORK NO MORE
WTF TUMBLR
Right before I walk into a callback
When I'm crashing in a friend's apt in NYC...
…and they decide to clean while I’m there
The three ladies to the dragon in the Magic Flute
Rodolfo at the beginning of act 3
That time I volunteered to help paint the set
That time I walked into rehearsal loudly during a...
5 tags
The ugly step-sisters, to Cenerentola
5 tags
What I feel like when I practice
4 tags
I will try anything to get rid of tongue tension
When the tenor is a little too into himself in the...
We fantasize that this will happen.
4 tags
When my crush shows up to the cast party...after I...
When nobody told me we were on a rotating stage
4 tags
When someone badmouths Bellini
3 tags
The Pearlfishers duet
Then Nadir screws it all up:
When my non singer friends want to go out the...
4 tags
That time I forgot my audition music in a taxi
When every singer I know is doing fantasy...
…and I’m like
When I find out that music I thought didn't need...
5 tags
When I hear that a company is doing Sweeney Todd
9 tags
When I'm getting headshots done, and have to force...
December 2012
7 posts
6 tags
When I saw today that I have 250 followers...
On the outside:
On the inside:
THANK YOU ALL!!!! Happy New Year! =)
Honestly, ME when dealing with everyone else in...
When I caught the New York plague halfway through...
6 tags
Relationship status: Singer
6 tags
When I finally got to go home for the holidays
9 tags
When I read that I actually got a summer gig
That time I met a bigtime opera impresario at a...
November 2012
36 posts
Trying to fit back into my costumes after the...
When all they are serving at an opera event is...
When I see a video of me singing...
This is what I see
When people stop following the conductor in a big...
When I walk in on a group of singers complaining...
Watching the Robert LePage Ring Cycle
When an opera singer says they are voting for Mitt...
WOOPS. Guess you know where I stand now.
When someone suggests I sing for free.
Yet another PFO? Here is the proper response:
Compulsively hydrating before an audition
After a good audition
When someone gives me complex choreography
This is what they get.
When the person auditioning before you starts...
When nobody in the cast has your sense of humor
When I get lost backstage
That time I cracked but then regained the...
When there is a wardrobe malfunction on stage
Just be cool…
When a fellow cast member gets passive-aggressive
9 tags
Mephistopheles in Faust
When the supertitles change too quickly
