Voice lesson update

Tonight was my first lesson in the songbook rather than the Vaccai exercise book. I had prepared Alma del core (Caldara), which is a beautiful aria.

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For next week I'm supposed to prepare an even more passionate text, Amarilli, mia bela (Caccini) which will depend a lot on my mastering two things: an emotional pathos underlying the breathing, and baroque ornamentation.

My teacher is eager to have me consider signing up for a recital, perhaps performing a duet with another of her adult students. That's awfully flattering, but at this point I think it would be a distraction.

Voice lesson update

Tonight was my first lesson in the songbook rather than the Vaccai exercise book. I had prepared Alma del core (Caldara), which is a beautiful aria.

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For next week I'm supposed to prepare an even more passionate text, Amarilli, mia bela (Caccini) which will depend a lot on my mastering two things: an emotional pathos underlying the breathing, and baroque ornamentation.

My teacher is eager to have me consider signing up for a recital, perhaps performing a duet with another of her adult students. That's awfully flattering, but at this point I think it would be a distraction.