🎶Minor roles are tough
When your part is short, each note carries a higher percentage of impact on the whole performance.
You have to deliver all the intention, expression, and feeling — together with precision and virtuosity — in a one-shot chance
🎶Soloist and choir are very different tasks
If you’re fulfilling both, you deserve to be treated as a double professional. It’s not just an “occasion” to show up — it’s a full commitment to shifting from the choir’s collective balance and control ➡️ to the soloist’s individuality, deep inner connection, and shining details — in just a few moments!
🎶Feedback is important, but be selective!
Don’t let everyone’s judgment affect you. Choose your allies — the colleagues you trust the most — to mirror you, for example while testing a new hall acoustic. Support doesn’t necessarily come from your friendships in the company, but from those who are interested in your hard work and engage in active help
🎶Stick to your pre-stage routine
It doesn’t mean being rigid or getting anxious when things run late! Be flexible, but aware of what you truly need. A good pre-stage time is the best investment for calm nerves, a comfortable body, and a confident mind
🎶Be the kindest colleague to yourself
To sing with world operatic stars and live broadcast was a really heavy pressure for me. After two weeks of travelling and six very good performances, in the last show I felt some uncertainties: the placement for the first note of the recitativo, one breath missed, and the cadenza wasn’t the most brilliant of the tour...
And you know what? Instead of celebrating the accomplishment of that great experience, I got stuck for days in negative thoughts, dissatisfaction, and self-blame... until I heard the recording — and surprise, I enjoyed it!
✨️Now, six months later, I gratefully look back to this clip for what it represents to me, and for the amazing artistry and complicity of Il Pomo d’Oro
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