Ach, [should I have put a slight pause in there, there is a comma, but there’s no rest, I feel like I do it different every other damn time] ich fühl’s [ugh, I have to get that vowel more closed, why won’t my mouth just do what I want
The criticisms of Tara Erraught's appearance as Octavian in the new Glyndebourne production and the wide-ranging reactions that followed were easily the hottest opera topics of 2014 so far. Like many in the opera community, I followed “Dumpy-gate”
I remember my first stage kiss. The worst part about it was that it was my first kiss ever. How’s that for baptism by fire? I was thirteen years old and playing the part of Ariel in a ballet recital.
