tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30828179633404127472012-02-16T09:27:12.019-06:00Documenting an opera baby's journey to opera adulthood.Rebecca Farleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07653866420927284423noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082817963340412747.post-85261328583054352912011-10-16T20:12:00.003-05:002011-10-23T22:17:13.702-05:00

I was cast as Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff!!!!! The University of Kentucky has two mainstage productions a year and they've recently started doing undergrad productions. I was Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with the undergrads last year, but this Nannetta came as a surprise! Truth be told, I figured I'd keep doing the undergrad productions and would never be cast as a major role in a

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I've lost 9 lbs! Yay!!! I know that doesn't seem like too much, but I'm very proud of it because I did it my way and without starving myself. I'm feeling more motivated and happy about making healthier decisions rather than hating life and craving Reese's. Okay, I'm going to take back the "I know that doesn't seem like too much" comment. Nine pounds is a BIG deal to me. I'm PROUD of it.

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It's moments like these when I'm fully aware of my heartbeat. Most of us don't notice our hearts beating on a day to day basis and I can't decide what that means. Either we take for granted that our hearts are working or we take for granted that we don't notice they are.What I mean is that being keenly aware of your heartbeat is a very distracting thing. It makes me visualize the thump thump

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The thing we all believe we don't have, the thing of which we're all victims, is also the thing that enables us to make decisions. This is not exactly the view of the vlogger who got me thinking about bias:This is Hank Green. He's one half of the vlogbrothers, a channel on youtube devoted to remembering you're awesome, minimizing worldsuck, and promoting thinking and proaction in general.

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I'll be honest and say my goals have been going less well that I'd hoped. I tend to beat myself up pretty hard so if I mess up even once, I get so angry with myself and I keep making mistakes because I'm more focused on the negative way I perceive myself rather than keeping my eye on the prize. I usually end up making more mistakes because I either think "What's the point. I'm never going to

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I'm feeling a restlessness within myself and it worries me as well as excites me. This is not the first time this has happened and I'm sure it won't be the last, but that doesn't mean I know exactly how to deal with it. Each time is different and I reap different rewards each time. A change is coming that will bring me closer to who I should and will ultimately be. I hope it doesn't take long

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An interesting thing happened last night. Well, maybe not interesting as much as uncommon. I had just shared a lovely meal at Applebees with my wonderful friends, Reginald Smith, Jared Duncan, and Brock Terry. I got into my car, put the seatbelt on, and in the moment I turned the key, a car sped up to mine and stopped abruptly beside my window. There was a frantic-looking woman speaking to me

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I want to talk about something very important today. It may sound cheesy, you may yawn, but people forget what a valuable thing it is to ANY life.A positive attitude.You will never find joy in your life if you do not have a positive attitude. I've been to pretty low lows and thought I'd never do anything of value in my life. Something clicked this summer; I don't know if it was going to IVAI

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I had my coaching with Mrs. Colson today! It went rather well. We worked on Pamina and Baby Doe and I got a lot of fantastic things out of it.One of the things she talked about today that she had already mentioned in masterclass is to move my jaw around when I'm on sustained notes (especially high ones) so I know I'm not gripping with my jaw. If you're not forcing the sound out with tension,

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I'm back again with another blog!!! Yeah!I've had a big last two days as far as singing goes. I had my audition for the new Pasatieri's new Christmas opera, God Bless Us Everyone. It's being half cast with UK people and half cast with a New York opera company's people. I forget which one. Anyway, the UK people will go up to NY to rehearse and debut the opera, but that involves missing finals

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So I'm about to start the first full week of my junior year of college. I've always been thankful that the first "week" of school was only three days. It gives us a few days to really let it set in that we're back and then we get a break before we really get to work. Those three days went quite well this year. I generally like all my teachers and I'm very optimistic about my classes being

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Starting this school year is a bittersweet thing for me. I learned so much about myself this summer that I feel weird about it being over so soon. I feel like there's more to learn and I need more time. But then again, you can explore yourself as a person at any time. It's up to me whether I let things halt or continue. The sweet is that I get to learn. I think college students sometimes

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Today is a new day. It is different from any other day I have ever experienced and will ever experience again. There is no need to wallow away thinking of past failures and past sadness. This day is beautiful and so am I. We are all capable of beauty and I'm so glad to have learned that while I'm still so young.Every one or two years I feel a restlessness within myself. I know that I'm not

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