It totally amazes me that:

1-the weather can be soo beautiful and warm, then so DRY and cold

2-I have a lot of singer aquaintances now

3-I made it through the week without collapsing

4-after said week (which was downright shitty at times) I could have such an amazing weekend, vocally.

I don't want to sound egotistical, but I had quite an amazing vocal weekend. I really was preoccupied with it (and of course other things) all week, and somehow, everything managed to work out just fine. Better than just fine. I think I was actually proud of myself after my performances Friday, Saturday, AND today--and that's probably a first this semester. There are always things that could have been better, but I was actually satisfied with each performance, whether with oboe for a canata, solo with piano alone on the MAC stage, or a full scene duet with fellow singer. Ahhh, I can sleep soundly.

Tomorrow starts a whole new week, and I am so happy to have made it through this one (and weekend!) it's already looking like a piece of cake. I'm going to have to hole myself in the library a bit, however, to try to get that Opera Lit paper done. I think I've come up with my topic: The art of madness--the mad scene of 19th Century Italian opera. I don't know quite what I'll say about the mad scenes, but I've got the 3 down to one from each Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini. Each of the operas were composed in an 11 year time span, so pretty much at the same time. I figure I'll do some comparing and contrasting, maybe talk about particular performances, and then (gulp) I suppose I'll have to mention society's view of women's hysteria at the time...I may actually have to go to the academic library for that one . Save me now.

Ok. Time for bed. Yay for Sleepytime Tea.