I have no experience of auditioning singers, but plenty, in the past, of interviewing people. I would just suggest that, if your best "shot" is the obscure aria, start with that; (what is it, by the way?) My reasons: if it is the one you know best and like best, it will make the best impression ! (Sorry for the repetition....deliberate!) Also, it will cause your interviewers to pay great attention, as it is very likely that /they/ won't know it, either; your knowledge and your interpretation should make a marked impression.
One ends, I believe, with one's show-piece aria, having consolidated one's position with the other three.
I am not a musician, I am afraid; just an historian. Best of luck, anyway, Regards,
Elsa Updated web site: August 2001 http://www.cix.co.uk/~velluti Golden Cords Award
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