10.16.2010

Zzzzzzzz....

Today I worked in the library all morning and snuck into the performance hall next door to practice since nobody was there all day.  Then I made some recordings with Dierdre, my coach, in the afternoon.  I met my friend, Siena, at IES and went to the Naschmarkt to get some hummus, bread, and dried fruit. mmmmm.  We got hot chocolate from Anker and took our meal to the opera house.  At 4 pm we lined up outside the stehplatz (standing room) door and ate our food at the very very front of the line for standing tickets.  We met so many Americans today, which was strange because usually old Austrian ladies stand in that line.  Salome was amazing and worth way more than the 4 Euro I paid to see it.  After the opera I went to Siena's house with our friend Jeremy and watched stupid music youtube videos ( I KNOW >>>NERD).  Now I am home and typing in my checkered chair like a zombie.  I'm super tired and slightly stressed about grad school, but I have a voice lesson tomorrow so I'll probably feel like an awesome singer again when I'm done tomorrow afternoon.  This might be one of those tired posts that I read tomorrow and regret submitting to the public.

2 comments:

  1. Salome - very intense opera. I love Strauss!

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  2. This might be sacrilegious, but there were a few moments when I just wanted to listen to the orchestra and not the singers. Salome was awesome. She sang Tosca last week, and it was so different and equally amazing!

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