A couple of weekends ago, I finally had the opportunity to watch The Audition, a documentary providing a behind-the-scenes look at the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions. I must admit I was a bit skeptical at first, thinking it would be more of a vanity video for the Met and the competition it supports á la Prince’s Purple Rain. However, I was surprised to find that Susan Frömke’s work attempts to provide an objective vision of what the National Council Auditions are to the competitors and the sponsors. Some of the interviews are hilarious and some are … Continue reading »
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Recently, at one of the Boston Lyric Opera dress rehearsals of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Boston Globe photographer Josh Reynolds was hovering about backstage, prolifically photographing nearly everything that crossed his path: people sitting in hair and make-up; chorus members primping one another; ASMs doing final checks; supers reading the newspaper; techs reviewing cue sheets; props being set; wardrobe making adjustments to costumes; costumed singers making adjustments to wardrobe; spike marks being moved; entrances; exits–you name it, he probably … Continue reading » Well, blog readers, the time has come. It is time to post your haiku, limerick or English sonnet which argues why you, the blog reader, should be the one to receive these ever-so-fabulous tickets to the by-invitation-only Boston Lyric Opera dress rehearsal of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and the subsequent and ever-so-hard-to-get guest bloggership at my blog! Do you need to review the guidelines for participation? Please read this post as a reminder. You have approximately 38 hours from the time of this post to publish your brilliant creation in order to have … Continue reading » Hi, folks! It’s giveaway time again at professional auditionee and I wanted to give you the low-down. This time the prize is two tickets to the special-invitation-only dress rehearsal of Boston Lyric Opera’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann *and* a guest blog spot on my blog. Never seen an opera? Really like opera? Never even heard of opera? Well, no matter. Now you have a chance to see this fantastic production for free on me! Don’t wig out just because it’s sung in French–there will be supertitles in … Continue reading »
As you’ve read, no doubt, I’ve had a string of commercial auditions that really haven’t materialized into anything, lately. During these past few days, I was asked to work two shoe shows, received an invitation to audition for a major audiobook company, and was invited to sing as part of as summer concert series. Fabulous! Due to previously existing conflicts, though, I had to turn down the shoe gigs. Grrr. The … Continue reading » |
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