The Magic Flute

This weekend I got some very exciting news. Well it started a couple weeks ago when I was in choir and we got some information about the opera that the music school is doing in April. They said they needed 5 women and 5 men to sing in the chorus and said anyone that was interested should stop by and let them hear our voice. Well I was really interested because opera is what I've been interested in for a while now and it's an opera that I really like; The Magic Flute by Mozart. So I emailed the head of the opera department to let him know I was interested, but I wasn't really expecting anything because they only needed 5 women and they already had more than 10 interested. So I waited for an email back, and waited, and waited. I never heard anything. (Turns out he had really emailed me back, but my school email got switched to the new system and I didn't know that, so I was still checking my old email and nothing was getting through. I finally realized what had happened, and I must say I don't really like the new email system, but thats another story completely.) Well since I wasn't hearing from him, I thought I would drop by and make sure he got my email. He said he had and we wanted me to come in and hear me sing. So last Tuesday I went to his office and he just had me sing Happy Birthday in a few different keys. After I sang he told me about another role in the opera. There are three spirits that were written to be played by children but over the years young women have played the roles. He told me that when they decided to do this opera, they decided they wanted it to be as it was originally written, and planned on putting children in the roles. But after telling me all this, he asked me if I might be interested in one of those roles instead of the chorus; since I'm pretty petite, I could pull off looking like a child. Of course I said yes, I would take anything. But he said he still had other people to listen to and would let me know by the beginning of this week. Well Friday I was checking my email and to my surprise I had and email saying they wanted me to play one of the spirits! I was so excited!! It's a slightly bigger role than being in the chorus, and I wasn't even expecting to get that, so I was super excited. Not to mention I get paid $650 to be in it!!! I can't wait. I'm not really worried about it being a big time restraint or anything. In high school we did plays and we would rehearse every night until around midnight for about 3 1/2 months straight. This opera starts rehearsing after spring break and only rehearses a few weeks before opening. So I really can't wait. It shows on Friday, April 18 and Sunday, April 20....so you should definitely come see it and see me!!!