Ian Sidden

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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.

Premiere: Peter Grimes

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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/

Premiere: La Traviata

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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/

Premiere: Kiss Me Kate

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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!

Premiere: Vom Mädchen, das nicht schlafen wollte

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Tonight at 4 PM is the premiere of “Vom Mädchen, das nicht schlafen wollte”, the new family opera by composer Marius Felix Lange and librettist Martin Baltscheit. I will be singing the role of Teo, who is a Schützer at the beginning and end and a Flößer in the middle.

I love this role, and I genuinely love this piece. It is full of charm and beauty, and the production is an opulent world of magic. Toi toi toi to all involved.

More information

Auf Deutsch

Heute Abend findet um 16 Uhr in Opernhaus Dortmund die Premiere “Vom Mädchen, das nicht schlafen wollte” – die neue Familienoper von Marius Felix Lange und Martin Baltscheit – statt. Ich singe die Rolle Teo, wer ein Schützer am Anfang und Ende und Flößer in der Mitte ist.

Es freut mich sehr, die Rolle zu singen, und ich liebe echt das Stück. Die Oper ist voller Charme und Schönheit, und die Produktion ist eine opulente Welt voller Zauber. Toi toi toi an allen Beteiligten!

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