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OK, so I don’t know for a *fact* that I have swine flu. I do have something, either a bad cold or a flu of some type, so I’ve spent the past couple days off work, lying around and watching movies. It would be a lot of fun if I weren’t physically so [...]

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I had an awful dream last night. I had an audition for something – I can’t remember what, but instead of arias they wanted two art songs. OK, I thought, and picked two that were impressive and I sing well, and put the sheet music in a binder.
The audition was in one of [...]

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So here I am, on my couch, barely able to type because there are two basset hounds lying on me, about to unwisely discuss sensitive personal and professional matters on the internet.
I blame the combination of fish & chips, beer, and anime.
So I had an audition today. For what I will not [...]

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Seriously, the most ungainly title ever. The 2nd part of my 2007 trip to NYC to compete in the Lotte Lenya International Vocal Competition.
In this episode: I compete, then wander around Manhattan eating things.
Link.

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Repertoire

For an audition next month, five arias under five minutes each.  My notes from trying to figure out what to sing:
- Durch Zartlichkeit
- Caro nome
- Les oiseaux dans la charmille
- Lulu
- Stravinsky is too long.  I need something shorter in English: New music?

– I’m not doing any goddamn Britten.
– Why don’t I have [...]

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The Torture Memos is more or less done – may require a few tweaks, but that’s it.
Listen to it here.
Or listen to it live tonight!

I hear John Yoo has lawyered up…

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Today I did something I’ve been putting off for weeks.  I wrote the third of my opera libretti (librettos?  whatever), the one about Edith Sitwell.  Here’s a little excerpt, in the style of Facade:
Melancholy Inventory
The gilded bee
The satin sea
The black sun rising over me
The honeycomb
The marksman’s tomb
The exit from the morning’s womb
The sheep-like crowd
The laugh [...]

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I discover the optimal level of alcohol consumption for listening to music.  Also, how to save the world’s symphonies and opera companies.
Yes, I know that makes two podcasts in a row about booze.
Direct link.

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I had an audition yesterday.  It went fine, though I was kind of nervous and babbled a bit, and the high D sharp in Caro Nome fluted a bit (dammit!).  I don’t think I’ll get anything from it, but you never know.
Anyway, unless something spectacular comes up, or something I’ve already inquired about calls me, [...]

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