It feels like the entire world is "on hold" just now. Even the ground is frozen solid as subzero temperatures sweep across the Northern Hemisphere (thankfully, we're merely in the teens rather than below zero, but it's still jolly cold for this part of the world!). The economy is caught in its mudlocked matrix which shows no signs of moving terribly quickly, and the rest of the world is responding to that with a profound wave of... wait and see. Call us again after the election/the holidays/the stock market report/the weather storm/the inaugration/fill in the blank. Oh, it's understandable, but for somebody like me who likes to go and DO things and take action this societally-imposed straightjacket is starting to feel mighty restrictive.
Then again, we're still on hiatus from the colleges, and without the imposed deadlines of a semester schedule, we always tend to curl up and hibernate during this particular break. The holidays are over, but there's still a couple of clear weeks to catch up, or more importantly, slow down. Read a book. Play a game. Watch a movie.
And so, the waiting game continues. I'll be interested to see who moves first.
Welcome
After months resisting the blogosphere, I've finally caved; somehow, it just seems like the time to start writing a little more - and more publicly - about my life as an opera singer, voice teacher and mom juggling family life with a full-time performing career both on and off the road. I wouldn't give up either element of my "double life" for anything, but it does make for some interesting challenges!
I consider myself immensely fortunate in that my career is also my passion. Any love affair with the lyric stage is a very capricious and sometimes one-sided relationship, but I still love it, despite its unpredictability and difficulty. I love to get out there and perform, privileged to make some of the greatest music ever written with wonderful colleagues who never cease to inspire and amaze me. Those moments of pure joy are worth the frustration and hard work that often accompany getting there! Of course, exciting and rewarding as that may be, the greatest role in which I've ever been cast is mom to my daughter, now 11 years old.
Does it take compromises to make it work? Definitely. But I consider myself fortunate to have carved out a way of doing both, however crazy it may sometimes be. Welcome to the madhouse!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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