Have any of you sung the (living) sailor opera chorus for Der Fliegende Holländer? You know, all the ho-jo-HE stuff. Any tips? Any fun stories?
I know it's an understatement to say Wagner can be a vocal challenge but I'm sweating this one a little bit. I love it! I'm happy I got the job! And it's a stretch of my abilities for sure.
This is grown out a few days, about to shave it off again. I had like 10 individual hairs before so it is progress
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Hoping to try for 2 full yrs and see what I get
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How would I mark on sheet music where I want the pianist at an audition to play a different character's line? I won't have much time to talk with the pianist.
In one aria, there are a couple of measures where another character introduces my character. I would like the pianist to play the melody notes for that, not just the orchestral part.
Same with a different aria where I pause and a character briefly interrupts. I don't want to cut these parts out because they contribute to the flow, and are very short.
What's the clearest symbol or written indication of "please play this vocal line but then jump back only to the non-voice orchestral bits"? The character abbreviations are tiny and would be confusing to sight read. I'm not sure how well the pianist knows this rep.
Thanks for your help.
I know this sounds like some teenage shit but idk what to say, it is what it is. 37M gay-leaning bi and openly non-monogamous. I tell every platonic friend AND every other partner of mine "I love you" except for 39F, also bi non-monogamous way before she met me, has like 3 other partners. We don't live together and we don't talk that much but have gone on dates maybe once a month for the past year and a half, most of them cute restaurant outings, companionship, and deep chats, lots of good hugs and kisses, rarely sex, but sometimes sex. She knows and respects I don't always have an interest in sex, but also knows I do sometimes, and we both have a good time when I do. I enjoy our time together and she's said she feels very safe with me. I love her. I'm not in love with her and I have no reason to think that will change. She IS in love with me romantically, but she also doesn't say it. It feels stupid that I avoid telling her I love her when I say it to everyone else. But now we've both been holding out for so long that saying it would feel like a huge deal, so I think if it happens, it needs to be a conversation. It's too late to be casual.
It also feels stupid to hold such a firm line between romantic love and friendly love in relationships with emotional intimacy and romantic gestures like kissing, flowers, and dates, but it's just different. (I'm not going to compare her to anyone to her face because that seems mean, but for example, my longest active relationship is a marriage of 10 years to someone I've known basically forever, and I am still head over heels nuts, I adore him, heart emojis and love poetry... you get the gist.)
Should I talk to her? How do I talk to her? Should I explain, and how do I do that without being mean? Do the nuances of love even matter in a dynamic like this? Idk Reddit strangers, what should I do?
Anybody have recommendations or YouTube playlists or something of American men (age range 20s to 40s) speaking in a natural way (not a radio announcer) that I can listen to and practice copying? I specify American because I sound like a cis dude when I fake a British accent but can't figure out how to do it in my own natural accent, it's ridiculous and frustrating. Gay men would be fine, I'm fine "sounding gay" as long as I sound like a man.
It's not pitch, I've been on T for years and have a very low voice, lower than a lot of cis guys. I speak more than an entire octave lower than my cis dude coworker (literally- I'm a musician and checked with a keyboard lol) and my voice still gets clocked. It's a vowel and vocal tract shape/tension/speech pattern issue.
I need actual people to copy and mirror because that's just how my brain works. Even celebrity suggestions would be fine. Thanks.