I was auditioning for HOFFMANN last weekend and an interesting thing happened. A soprano went in a few people before me and absolutely blew all 3 of the high E-flats she attempted in the Doll's Song. I don't mean she was just tight or squeaked, I mean she was at least a whole step flat on each of them (espcially the last, held out note which was the most obvious.) When she came out she said this:
"Well, I guess I didn't have them today. I didn't think I did but I thought I'd better try them anyway."
Now here are my issues with this. (1) Isn't it a good rules of tongue to only sing notes in any audition/performance that you KNOW you have...consistently? (2) Is it really worth showing up to audition for this company knowing, or at least believing (since it's all really a psych job anyway) that on that day you don't have what it takes to make a good impression? It was a fairly well known regional ompany afterall.
What do you all think about this?
Zerbinetta
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