Hi list,
A while back I asked you for advice on rep for sop/mez duets. I was asked to sing at the entrance of a farewell-reception of former ministers of health & sport. I got lots of ideas, especially from Karen, of course! I'd like to thank you (again) for that....
Now... The event took place yesterday, and I must say, Karen you were right; it IS a hellish experience! We were placed in the center of a very large staircase so that we would be heard on several floors of the building. That worked beautifully, people were very impressed! The location was -fortunately- quite easy on the voice, because of the great accoustics. That was a definite plus. But my dear! It's very hard to actually sing to an audience which is moving, talking, waving, winking, etc. and which is sometimes not even in sight! I think I'll think twice before doing this again (unless I get paid, of course!)
I have to say: the thing I missed the most was the applause! We had some, but not at all like the applause you get from a regular audience... I had no idea I would actually miss that!
All in all, it was vocally and performance-wise challenging, but still okay; we had a large number of dutch celebrities (politics, sports etc.) in the audience, which is quite nice for a couple of not- yet-very-experienced singers!
The songs/arias we did were: - we the spirits of the air (Purcell) - sheperd, leave decoying (Purcell) - what can we poor females do? (Purcell) - die bescheidene (Dvorak) (or: Skomna, but we did the german version) - abschiedslied der zugvögel (Mendelssohn) - sull'aria (Mozart) - qui tollis (Rossini - petite messe solennelle) (on request) (we sag the whole thing about three times, which made for about 80 minutes...)
Again: thanx for the imput, all!
Back to normal, Nande
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