Voices of Baha!!!

2012-13 will be a great year. lots of goals and fingers crossed for them all to come to fruition.

July -
Russian Opera Workshop in Philly (Russian Romances Concert, Tchaikovsky's opera "Queen of Spades")
FREE concerts throughout the second half of July, come listen!
Autumn -
Official auditions are later this month, but at the Academic Theater of the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory with full orchestra I'll sing at least two roles. In autumn I plan Almeric, from the opera Iolanta, and Triquet from Eugene Onegin (possibly followed up by Lensky, in the spring).

Not willing to make any predictions for spring... but Lensky is on my radar. I've got more plans but am keeping them secret for right now.  Between autumn and spring I'll be singing TONS of romances and chamber songs in concert, so there'll be good video to share with everyone. I've got a great teacher for Chamber Singing with great taste, so I know you'll all enjoy the programs we put together.

Ohhh but how I'm dreaming of singing with the Voices of Baha again..

It's a choir that tours (usually yearly) to different parts of the world. The last time I sang with them was at Carnegie Hall in 2002, before that in Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, France, & Germany (in that order... I think) for the 2001 tour, and we also did a concert on the National Mall in Washington DC. Although I can't remember what year that was.

European tour 2001 was the only time I went on full tour with the choir and I'm thirsting to do it again.

That's why I'm excited because the choir is scheduling another tour in Europe for the summer of 2013, one year from now, and I wanna be there.
Concerts in London, Paris, Stuttgart, Vienna and Budapest!!

And since I live in Russia, it would be so much cheaper/easier to make the hop to Europe in June after I finish exams. Who knew dreams could be economical?

So I'm fundraising early. Please help me get to Europe next summer!!

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...and like a tiny cup of hot chocolate to a homelessman in mid-winter, you'll be warming my heart!