So it's 2:30am here....I decided it would be a good idea to take a nap at 6pm and sleep until 9pm. For the record, NOT a good idea. Oy. What else does one do at 2:30 in the morning?? Blog of course!!!!
It's been a good week. I am actually adjusting way better this time to the time change then I did last week when I first got here....I am convinced it's the new addition to the room: the fan. Yes-the wonderful hum of white noise lulls me to sleep and I couldn't be happier. :)
On Tuesday, we ran Act I with set and lights and projections....VERY cool. There is a tulle curtain that separates us from the audience...it's how the images are projected for the audience to see...there is actual footage of the ocean and waves so it's not too hard to act like "I'm looking out at the water". Tomorrow I go for another costume fitting...and I am gonna take my camera and sneak some pictures. Sam-thank you for posting the Blade runner pic...I love you! :)
This week, our King Marke joined us...he's this wonderful bass from Wales-has a very commanding voice and does a beautiful job with his role...and he's very kind and friendly...the obvious: he speaks English and gets my jokes. :) Gotta love that. The cast has really started to bond...several of us are headed to sight see this weekend...which will be fun. It's so much better to sight see with other people...especially when funny things happen. You can't elbow a complete stranger and say "holy cow-did you see that?!" I guess you could, but....well....then they would elbow their friends and point at you and say "holy cow-did you see her?!" :)
I've had several more musical coachings this week-with the cast. We have musical rehearsals with the principles and the Maestro...he is so very detailed about this piece...so you learn something new every time. I've now coached my entire role twice with him...in great detail. So I feel VERY confident about my music and about opening night in general.
This whole experience is such a learning curve...I've not really done anything on stage professionally...I did a couple of very small things at Lyric during my time in the program, but nothing this large and so far away from home and the familiar. The biggest lesson I am learning is how to be a teachable artist. I don't always take instruction as well as I thought I did-so it's been very good for me to swallow my rampant flow of opinions and just DO. Just BE and be gracious. Which isn't easy all the time. But-I REFUSE to turn into a singer that no one wants to work with and garnish a reputation that I am "unworkable" and "doesn't play nice with others":)
I am so enjoying being here-miss my hubby terribly...but am SO excited that three weeks from today, he will be here!!!! We have booked tickets and are headed to Rome in between performances!!!! We are both SO excited!!!!!
I think I have officially over dosed on croissants. Haven't bought any for 3 days and have no desire to....we'll see :) AND....I guess I've ordered one too many margherita pizzas from the little pizzeria across the street. I walked in the other day and went over to place an order and the waiter smiled and said "margherita pizza?" Ummmm....yes please. (I kinda looked at him with a that's-not-cute look) but I smiled and thought...Amber, no more pizza for a while. When someone memorizes your order, take a hint. :)
Certainly hope you all had a great week...I love all the skyping and emails and such...thank you for staying in touch! And for reading my ramblings....:)
Signing off...I'll post pics over the weekend of my sight seeing adventures!!
Love to you all!
Amber
OK, the best part about sight-seeing alone in a foreign country and going up to complete strange and saying, "Holy cow...did you see that?" is that you DON'T SPEAK CZECH! Oh, how I would love to see you go to someone and gesture about what was so funny!!!
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