Well, finally I have gotten my solo assignments for Holy Week and beyond. I am going to sing "Fac ut Portem" from the Rossini Stabat Mater on Good Friday at 3, in the Spanish service, and "I Know that My Redeemer Liveth" from the Messiah on the Sunday after Easter.
Both of these pieces are things I sang in public about 7 years ago and not since, and boy, do they sound different! I am still not happy with the decrescendo in "Fac ut Portem", but it's that kind of fine tuning that I am finally beginning to be able to devote myself to, now that the decade-long struggle that I have had with extending my range seems to be at an end. I am sailing up to Cs and C sharps with little effort, and a B flat (not to mention an A and A flat) feel practically like middle voice! And my lower passaggio has smoothed out also.
And Carmen is starting to take shape. I had left it alone for a while, because I had done a lot of work on the difficult spots, mostly the end of the "Sequidilla" and the "Chanson Boheme". So beginning in April I need to work on it exclusively, which should be fine. I have rehearsal dates, a date to look at the space, and a possible escort for my partner (which can then, if necessary, morph into someone to take care of her if there is an emergency).
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