Does anyone know if there are IPA guides for Sibelius songs (or for Swedish in general) out on the interwebs somewhere? I'm doing The Tryst and Diamonds in the Snow at the moment. I've had the Swedish recorded for me and now I'm going through and transcribing it into IPA. It's ever so tiresome and I'm not very good at it, so I thought I'd try IPA ( Read more... )

I realized that I need more uptempo pieces in my audition repertoire. I am looking for something that is not too long, and is fast and lively. I would call myself a lyric soprano. Just to give you a better idea of my voice type, here are some things I have been working on recently ( Read more... )

In opera, everyone dies.

The good, the bad, the loved, the hated, the beautiful and the ugly.

In opera, if someone is important to you, that someone will die.

This highlighting of the inevitability of death makes the death itself less important: it is secondary to why they die, and who they leave behind that matters.

Discuss.

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I think I'll adjust this a wee bit since there are some questions where I just don't have an answer. I'm the queen of apathy, but it works for me. I don't really have favorites and I don't really hate certain roles either. I just try to do the best I can with the roles I'm hired for, and I turn down anything that I don't think will work for me ( Read more... )

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Favorite-

Opera: Billy Budd, Ring, Don Giovanni

Role (that you sing) : right now? I think I could do Tosca if I can get back into training. Know it by heart...

Role (that you could potentially sing many many years from now): Isolde

Role (that you will probably never sing) : Donna Anna. Too high.

Aria (to listen to/will probably never sing) : Hier sitz ( Read more... )

Opera: Le nozze di Figaro or Dialogues de Carmelites (I assume this is favorites, not just favorites I sing ( Read more... )

Favorite-

Opera: (this is subject to change) Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens

Role (that you sing) : Either Carmen or Cherubino

Role (that you could potentially sing many many years from now): CHERUBINO.

Role (that you will probably never sing) : Hmmm anything too heavy or coloratura (though I have sung Der Holle Rach before)

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