Concert on Saturday

[soho_iced]

... though not a glamorous one particularly: a fund-raising recital with the opera company I met N at while we were both doing their Carmen a few years back. All very last minute, but as is often the way came off surprisingly well, even though one of the other sopranos had pulled out so I ended up doing a load of extra duets on no notice. The

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[grace_poppy]

That sounds fun! Why would they have laughed at your Summertime? What does po-faced mean?

[soho_iced]

Po-faced meaning solemn. I suspect they weren't used to going to Opera and thought it had to be recieved with suitable respect - no smiling allowed! I didn't get the impression they were bored, and they certainly applauded enthusiastically.

Well, I know Porgy & Bess is a real opera and therefore there's nothing wrong with singing it in the same way I would any other operatic song (although I feel freer to pull the rhythm about a bit because the music is so jazzy in feel), but I think operatic type voices always sound a bit daft singing show tunes and non-operatic repertoire in general. Of course the important thing is whether the audience likes to hear it, but it makes me feel as if I'm doing someone who's trained as a jazz or musical theatre singer out of work, as if the operatic style is somehow superior.