... is actually taking that year off. I find myself looking at audition postings out of habit. The company with which I'm singing Aida is doing Don Giovanni and Rigoletto in the spring, for example. Well crap, those are two shows with great roles for me! I've been wanting to look at Leporello anyways, and it could -
NO. Bad bass. That's a very bad, bad bass. Now you go back to your practice room without supper!
Sigh.
So I'm meeting myself halfway (?), and singing for the roles that I know already and which will be good vehicles for solidifying new technique. I won't sing for Leporello, I'll just sing for Commendatore and Sparafucile. That way, even if (worst/best case scenario) they cast me for both roles, I'll still have 4 months to myself before the summer season - which I'm planning on taking off, too. That's plenty of time on technique, and I'd still be singing 4 leads in the spring season, which is enough to keep me happy.
I'm really starting to understand the people who talk about this as an opera "habit". I think I may need rehab to really make myself take time off!
Sun, 2008-09-28 01:56
hmmm you have the same last name as my mother......i wonder if there is a relation..
ps did you know youre the first result when you google "vertesi"?
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»Sat, 2008-10-04 18:12
It's ironic, but working less can be harder than working more. I spent the last few years trying to get ahead in my public relations career, but recently decided to refocus on singing. It's been difficult to train myself to work less at my PR job, so that I have more time to sing.
http://www.findingmysingingvoice.com
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»Sun, 2008-11-30 01:18
It's a rough time to be out of work. The US "Employment Flow" rate is at about 22%... meaning that if you're unemployed, you have a 22% chance of finding work within the first month. That's the lowest rate in 20 years, since "employment flow" was invented... and the unemployment rate is still rising.
So it's nice to have a job. :)
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