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Debut and Premiere: Wagner in Gounod’s Faust

September 17, 2016 By Ian Sidden

Tonight at Theater Dortmund, we’re having our Premiere of Gounod’s Faust. I’ll be singing the role of Wagner, which has been a ton of fun. The audience will be treated to an exceptional cast and a thoughtful and beautiful production.

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Heute Abend in Theater Dortmund findet die Premiere von Gounods FAUST/Margarethe statt. Ich singe Wagner, und das hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht. Das Publikum wird eine klasse Besetzung in einer schönen Produktion sehen und hören.

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Filed Under: My News Tagged With: Faust, Gounod, Theater Dortmund, Wagner

Updates and Email Subs

May 13, 2016 By Ian Sidden

In the past few months, a lot has been happening.

The Move

My wife and I have moved into a new apartment, and in Germany that requires a remarkable amount of effort. Things like cabinets, window dressings and so on are installed by the renter, so that’s occupied a lot of my attention. Only in the past couple of weeks does it feel like we’re really in, even though we’ve been here officially since the beginning of March.

Email Sub-Weirdness S’more

Simultaneously, the service that’s been providing the email subscriptions on this website has just been awful. It had been sending repeat emails of old posts, and then finally it just stopped. The service is called Feedburner, and it’s a service that Google doesn’t really want to support anymore, so when it breaks, there’s no real recourse other than doing rain dances and hoping it starts working again.

Solution?

I think, I think that I’ve fixed it by changing how emails are sent out, but honestly, this is just hard for me. I know a lot since I’ve been doing this website for longer than I care to add up right now, but it’s not my profession, so I just didn’t know how to move forward here in way that was mostly seamless and didn’t cost me a lot (or anything really, since I basically make nothing from this website).

Email subscribers shouldn’t notice anything. For folks subscribed via RSS, I strongly suggest that you subscribe to this feed:

https://iansidden.com/feed/

The Feedburner feed should keep working for the time being, but I have no idea when it will shut off. It may be years. Nevertheless, I cannot move your RSS subscription for you.

This problem has been vexing me so much that’s it’s caused me to abort any writing attempts, it just felt like a knot that I didn’t know how to untie.

Catching Up

Nevertheless, there were some posts that weren’t sent out via email, and maybe you’d be interested in reading them. Here are the posts that aren’t just updates about performances I was doing:

  1. The Dramatic or the Musical Choice
  2. Singing with Earplugs
  3. Actually Doing the Job
  4. Meditation Practice

I think those four are enough for now if you’re interested. I’m proud of them and hope you enjoy them.

Hitting Publish now. I hope this works.

Filed Under: My News, The Rest of Life Tagged With: Email, Feedburner, Moving

Premiere: Peter Grimes

April 9, 2016 By Ian Sidden

English

Tonight in Opernhaus Dortmund is the premiere of Peter Grimes. Aside from signing in the chorus, I sing as one of the various fishermen and as a Burgess.

This is an all around terrific production, and I wish everyone a hearty toi toi toi!

Auf Deutsch

Heute Abend findet die Premiere Peter Grimes in Opernhaus Dortmund statt. Ich singe im Chor und als einer der Fishermen und Burgesses.

Es ist eine großartige Produktion, und ich wünsche an allen Beteiligten ein herzliches Toi Toi Toi!

More Information/Mehr Infos:

http://www.theaterdo.de/detail/event/peter-grimes/

Filed Under: My News Tagged With: Britten, peter grimes, Premiere

Premiere: La Traviata

November 28, 2015 By Ian Sidden

English

Tonight is the premiere of La Traviata at Opernhaus Dortmund. I’m playing Dottore Grenvil. My colleagues onstage are wonderful singers, and I find the whole production wunderschön. I’m truly looking forward it, and I wish toi toi toi to all involved!

Deutsch:

Heute Abend findet die Premiere La Traviata in Opernhaus Dortmund statt. Ich spiele Doktor Grenvil. Meine Kollegen auf der Bühne sind schöne Sänger, und ich finde die ganze Produktion wunderschön. Ich freue mich darauf, und ich wünsche toi toi toi an allen Beteiligten!

More Info/Mehr Infos:

http://www.theaterdo.de/detail/event/16119/

Filed Under: My News Tagged With: la traviata, Premiere, Theater Dortmund

Premiere: Kiss Me Kate

September 27, 2015 By Ian Sidden

English

Tonight at Theater Dortmund, we’re having the premiere of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate. I’m playing a variety of un-named characters.

I’m really looking forward to this. We’ve had a great time putting it together, and the piece is charming, funny and even touching. It’s also a feast for the eyes with colorful costumes and sets and terrific dancing.

Toi toi toi to everyone involved!

Auf Deutsch:

Heute Abend findet die Premiere von Kiss Me, Kate, das Musical von Cole Porter, statt. Ich spiele verschiedene ungenannte Rollen.

Ich freue mich sehr darauf. Es hat uns gut Spaß gemacht, und das Stück ist lustig, charmant, und rührend. Es ist auch eine Augenschmaus. Das Bühnenbild und die Kostüme sind wunderschön, und das Tanzen ist fantastisch.

Toi toi toi an allen Beteiligten!

Filed Under: My News Tagged With: Cole Porter, Kiss Me Kate, Premiere

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Ian Sidden is currently a baritone member of the Theater Dortmund Opera chorus. Read More…

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