On the verge...
If I had ANY doubts about being an opera singer in the past... those days are gone... if I could wake up EVERYDAY and go to a rehearsal, work on staging, or perform onstage I would be INSANELY happy with my life.
I'm a member of the Portland Opera Chorus. This is an AGMA union chorus that I joined as a temporary member for this year, and, hopefully, as of the end of February will become permanent member. It has been a JOY working on the two productions I was contracted for this year, which were Tosca, performed in November, and Macbeth, which we are currently working on and opens on the 4th of February. Tosca was a cakewalk... not much chorus work in it. Macbeth has a MUCH larger use of the chorus, and is by one of my FAVORITE operatic composers, Giuseppe Verdi. I've managed to luck out in the process of the staging of Macbeth by somehow being asked to do specific things that really allow me to have some set apart action, and which I think has allowed me to grow in my stagecraft. We shall see.
The best part of being a part of this experience is that I've really learned that I'm NOT so far away from the career I'm looking for. I have some easy to fix but significant technique issues to get through, but I KNOW what needs to be done and how to go about it to put myself in position to take the next step. I've had the luck and privilege to work with some great people since coming to Portland, and I really KNOW that it won't be long before I can take that jump into the career!
I'll post more up here as the show progresses. Tomorrow we get on the theater stage for the first time and get a feel for the performance venue and the set and what, if any, changes we need to make.
I'm a member of the Portland Opera Chorus. This is an AGMA union chorus that I joined as a temporary member for this year, and, hopefully, as of the end of February will become permanent member. It has been a JOY working on the two productions I was contracted for this year, which were Tosca, performed in November, and Macbeth, which we are currently working on and opens on the 4th of February. Tosca was a cakewalk... not much chorus work in it. Macbeth has a MUCH larger use of the chorus, and is by one of my FAVORITE operatic composers, Giuseppe Verdi. I've managed to luck out in the process of the staging of Macbeth by somehow being asked to do specific things that really allow me to have some set apart action, and which I think has allowed me to grow in my stagecraft. We shall see.
The best part of being a part of this experience is that I've really learned that I'm NOT so far away from the career I'm looking for. I have some easy to fix but significant technique issues to get through, but I KNOW what needs to be done and how to go about it to put myself in position to take the next step. I've had the luck and privilege to work with some great people since coming to Portland, and I really KNOW that it won't be long before I can take that jump into the career!
I'll post more up here as the show progresses. Tomorrow we get on the theater stage for the first time and get a feel for the performance venue and the set and what, if any, changes we need to make.
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