Auditions Post-Mortem
November 23, 2009 - Our Autumn round of auditions has now come to a close. I have to say that I was very impressed with the general level of singing. Definitely some very strong candidates for all the roles in the 2010-2011 season. One thing that I did notice, however, was that singers really do not take enough care with their resumés. In addition to having several people proofread them, I also highly encourage singers to enlist the services of someone with graphic design experience. You wouldn't submit a headshot taken with a disposable camera by a friend so why submit a resumé that's been typed on a home computer using a basic word-processing program?
Anyway, I was disappointed that none of the public observed the auditions. We had opened them to the general public as part of National Opera Week. Maybe there were so many things going on onstage during this past weekend that people just didn't have the energy for any kind of "behind the scenes" offerings. There were so many things going on, it was difficult to attend everything. I myself made it to opening night of Peabody's Così fan tutte and the second performance of University of Maryland's La finta giardiniera but unfortunately was unable to see Baltimore Concert Opera's Don Pasquale or Baltimore Opera Theater's Il barbiere di Siviglia. If any of my readers were able to attend those productions I'd love to hear what you thought of them.
Next up - OV's Holiday Cabaret on December 11th.
Anyway, I was disappointed that none of the public observed the auditions. We had opened them to the general public as part of National Opera Week. Maybe there were so many things going on onstage during this past weekend that people just didn't have the energy for any kind of "behind the scenes" offerings. There were so many things going on, it was difficult to attend everything. I myself made it to opening night of Peabody's Così fan tutte and the second performance of University of Maryland's La finta giardiniera but unfortunately was unable to see Baltimore Concert Opera's Don Pasquale or Baltimore Opera Theater's Il barbiere di Siviglia. If any of my readers were able to attend those productions I'd love to hear what you thought of them.
Next up - OV's Holiday Cabaret on December 11th.
Labels: auditions, national opera week
posted by Opera Vivente at
12:28 PM
1 Comments:
I see from your audition notice in Classical Singer Magazine that you are planning to do the 1731 version of Rinaldo - I'm just curious as to why you would pick the 1731 over the 1711 (I'm not citicizing the choice - 1731 is arguably Handel's last word on the opera). But my impression is 1731 incorprated a lot of music lifted from other operas. Is having Argante played by a contralto rather than a bass an important consideration?
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