Final Two Weeks

Opera rehearsal, on top of school, on top of preparation for other auditions and performances is a lot of work! I have been so busy I can hardly keep up!

I wanted to give a quick update about Faust's progress while I have the time to! We have been rehearsing for 5+ hours a day for the past few weeks with our director Tomer Zvulun. He is a great director. He has great vision but also takes a lot of care to incorporate the ideas we have come up with while preparing our roles. Tomer has been gone for the past week and a half because he has been directing a production at the Metropoliltan Opera in NYC. I'd say that's a pretty neat thing! We get to work with some of the best and I feel very blessed!

Today, we have our first orchestral rehearsal. This is the first time I have ever sung alone with orchestra. It should be really fun, but I am anticipating it to be difficult, too. It's hard to think about competing with the volume of a full orchestra. Singers have a specific quality in their voice, called the Singer's Formant, that allows their sound to be heard over an orchestra. Otherwise, we would be completely lost in the volume that an orchestra produces. It should be a fun rehearsal!


We head into the final two weeks of preparation after this weekend. Check back soon for more details about the past weeks and the upcoming weeks, as well!