I will survive

I will survive

So this is what is missing from the business of Classical Music. They are still very much accomplished, talented, well-trained musicians who are trying to spread the art to a whole new group of audiences. Why not do something they love and enjoy it! There are few more videos. If you are interested go check out www.igudesmanandjoo.com

Would you like to have a landlord like her???

She is a very fierce landlord. She will do anything to get her rent.

It's April, what's up with the freezing weather?

I shouldn't be surprised with how the weather is going so far. Being in Chicago for the past two years and on top of that in Cleveland for the 7 years before that, being in a lake effect area comes with a price of weird weather. Knowing all the odds and yet I would like to just put it out there that it is so COLD!!!! I mean it's not normal to experience the winter chill in April. I've seen snow around end of April several times, which is odd on it's own.
For a brief moment, I thought that Spring has truly come to Chicago. But it was a wishful thinking... Usually the weather goes from Winter to Summer. Maybe a little Spring-like temp but other than that the season changes in a blink. I am so looking for the summer, or I should say a "warm weather".



So on a more personal note. I have been working hard on Don Giovanni for the past month or so and I feel pretty good about it. I have the last two scenes of the opera to memorize and hopefully I can do a couple of run of the show before I go into rehearsal April 21st. I am so excited about doing this role that I want to make this go really well. Of course, I've been working on my arias as well for my audition repertoire. In fact I have an audition tomorrow for Chicago Opera Theater, then next week I head out for New York City to sing for Lake George Opera's 2008 season.

Now, not that I didn't have enough to work on at this time but I came up with a possible program for a recital I can do sometime in a near future. Not that everyone of y'all care or not but I would like to post it up here.

Three Concert Arias by Mozart
Cosi dunque tradisci... Aspri rimorsi a troci
Io ti lascio, o cara addio
Mentre ti lascio, o figlia

Three songs by Duparc
Phidyle
La vie anterieure
La Vague et la Cloche

Three songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Mahler
Revelge
Der Tammbourg'sell
Lob des hohen Verstands

Let us garlands bring by Finzi
Come Away, Come Away, Death.
Who Is Silvia?
O Mistress Mine.
Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun.
It Was a Lover and His Lass.

Five Japanese Songs by various composers
Kujyukuri-hama Kujyukuri-beach
Marumero Karin-Fruit
Kibou Hope
Hatsukoi First Love
Sen no kaze ni natte On Thousand Winds(Do not stand at my grave and weep)

I think if I have the chance to do it, it will be a nice recital. Very diverse, hopefully it will be a possibility. Perhaps I can get someone to sponsor it. Oh well, we will see.