Oh dear, it has been quite some time. I'm still trying to figure out how to get this thing to send you all e-mails when I update the page. Right now it looks like I can enter up to 10 e-mail addresses to get the updates. Very odd. I guess blogspot wants you to return to their page pretty often. Probably gets them money somehow since otherwise it's a free service.
So, what's been happening for moi?? I'm actually going to have to refer to my last post to see what I last told you all about! Man, almost a whole week. Well, since then we've had the pre-final dress and final dress rehearsals for Rigoletto and started staging the chorus into Cosi fan Tutte. Sadly Ryan and I haven't been making it to many of the Cosi rehearsals even though we're supposed to be covering the roles. It's just that usually we have rehearsal most of the day and then a dinner break and during that they start rehearsals for Cosi or we have choir things for the sacred music. Alas, we have gotten the impression that we were never actually covers, but actually just told that to make us happy.
I've been having a lot of fun practicing my French on the island. Everyone told us how terrible the choir is here and how mean they are, but obviously they've never worked with a community chorus. They're all the same. A bunch of older people who enjoy singing, probably aren't very good at it, and enjoy talking. Sometimes talking too much, but hey, it helps me practice! It's really nice when some of the older people are familiar with the actual grammar of the language and they can correct my little mistakes. There is a local restaurant and bar called La Chaloupe and the last few days I've been practicing my French with the waitresses there.
So, if you ever feel the need to vacation here, I'm sure it would be fantastic for like a week, especially on vacation! However, we're working and in rehearsals during all the prime hours of the day and when we get out all the businesses are closed. Also, there are very few resources on the island. A few things to remember in you travels because you will be hard pressed to find it here: deodorant, allergy medicine (such as zyrtec), anything sports related such as drinks, protein bars, etc., sunscreen (it's usually around 16-20 euros...), a hoodie or sweatshirt (cold nights!), and sandwich meat (1.10 euros per SLICE!).
So, the main singers here are pretty amazing for the most part. I put up a video last time of a teacher of mine singing in the quartet from Rigoletto. This time I'm putting up a video of the girl who is singing Fiordiligi in Cosi. The only thing I could find was some Handel stuff, but it's still great. She has already sung the Queen of the Night at the MET. The video is in two parts, so the second one is the pain to the left. So here is Amanda Pabyan! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX93GDsFTBc
Well, I started writing this a couple hours ago, then Ryan made dinner and we ate, then I answered some Rotary e-mails (exciting things happening!), and now I've lost my train of thought. So, until next time I guess!
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