know that - for whatever reason
There is nothing more demoralizing than not preparing > quite enough, ignoring warning signals, then being spotlit in the middle of > that audition room, singing your aria, hurtling toward those primo notes, and > realizing you can't sing them. Therapists make lots of money off of moments Hmmm... this is an interesting topic. I did an opera audition quite recently. For some reason, I wasn't feeling that my high notes were all there, due probably to fatigue and maybe a little bit of a cold bug. So I took out a couple of them (I think a high D and even a run to a C#). And the audition went FINE, but personally, I felt a bit like I had cheated!! All I really did was alter the ornaments to take out these high notes - and instead I did a couple more trills lower down in my range, just to embellish the aria, as is the style (I sang Rossini). I know auditioners have NO WAY of knowing how one USUALLY performs the aria, so who cares really? But i guess for me, I knew I was doing it differently, and although differently doesn't mean bad, or wrong, I still felt a little strange.
Fiona
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