This is a video of me singing “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from “The Magic Flute”. It’s best watched with a broadband internet connection.
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 This is a video of me singing “Avete torto” from “Gianni Schicchi”. It’s best watched if you have a broadband internet connection. 
“Dies Bildnis” is Prince Tamino’s first aria of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. After saving Tamino from a giant serpent, the Three Ladies show Tamino a picture of Pamina – the daughter of the Queen of the Night. He is immediately smitten and sings: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön Wie noch kein Auge je geseh’n!
This TED video couldn’t have come at a better time for me, personally. Having just had my conducting debut (I conducted NMSU’s opera scenes, and I really enjoyed it…and enjoy saying “conducting debut”), I really appreciated this talk given by Itay Talgam about how various conductors lead. It’s complete with videos Last night, the Dona Ana Lyric Opera’s (DALO) Opera Workshop presented its Fall opera scenes program. I have been helping Prof. Zimmerman with the organization, and last week I became the conductor for the scenes. That means that I made my conducting debut last night. The scenes are a ton of This vocalise is based off of a phrase in the aria “O wie ängstlich” from Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Dealing with coloratura passages is tricky. They look imposing, and the tendancy may be to just dive in and hope that you may come out of the other side. The result is usually a big mess and a disheartened spirit. Now as a tenor, I am having to face my own weaknesses in these This past week was spent working on three major projects: First, I needed to quickly learn the Mozart trio “Cosa Sento” from Le Nozze di Figaro. I will be playing the Count in New Mexico State University’s opera scenes program in April. That will be a lot of fun, but it was a challenge |
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