Hi, gang --
Now that I've blabbed my guts about my personal
history, I have a request. I have a five-week trip
through Italy coming up next month, so I'll be gone
during most of November. Is there someone who would
like to be co-moderator of this egroups list? It
takes no time or effort at all, just someone who
checks email reliably every day in case of emergencies
or subscribing problems -- but I don't want to just
take off without giving someone else the power (such
as it is -- the group really does run itself), in case
something happens while I'm gone.
And a personal request. This is partly a pleasure
trip, but also a mission to scope out the Italian
scene for possible houses to audition for in the next
couple of years, as I get ready for the next step
(performing in small houses) in the training process.
Does anyone know anything about this process? I have
friends in Germany and there are books about that
auditioning market, but I'd rather to go Italy...
unfortunately, I don't know anyone close to the opera
scene there. Do they have lots of small houses, and
can any old foreigner just walk in and audition for
the season, or schedule an audition for whenever they
do hear people (perhaps fall and spring, like German
houses)? Are you even allowed to perform in Italy as
a young American? Has anyone been to lovely little
theaters they fell in love with and would recommend I
visit?
Getting there is not a problem, and flying back and
forth between roles or auditions would be okay... I
just don't know where to start looking. Track down
little opera companies in small towns in Umbria and
knock on the impresario's door? Find an agent or
manager, someone who knows the situation and can
arrange for auditions? Do they exist, for the Italian
market?
I thought I'd ask for help. Help!
Isabelle B. (who plans to do a *little* honeymooning
on this trip, too) :)
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Isabelle Bracamonte
San Francisco, CA
ibracamonte@y...
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