posted by mitchdy at 12:57 PMNovember 12th, 2007
I went to Paris for the weekend which was wonderful. It's such an amazing city, I love it there... It has energy just walking around the streets. Kevin Murphy, my wonderful coach and pianist is there working at the Bastille, so I went for a "tune up". Trish McCaffrey and Kevin keep me away from my bad habits... sometimes it's hard to figure out what I am doing wrong, so they help me out. They are invaluable to me. I also saw Pierre Vallet, who I didnt' get a chance to work with this time, but it was wonderful to see him. Now I am back in Milan, starting rehearsals this week in La Scala itself.
posted by mitchdy at 1:13 PMNovember 7th, 2007
Rehearsals with Patrice Chereau are amazing. He is so full of energy, it overflows. I feel like I am learning so much, and it's opening my mind.
Allan has been here for 2 weeks, and we spent the last 3 days on a road trip to Luzern, which was really amazing. We had a blast.
I am still learning the secrets of Milan...
posted by mitchdy at 8:17 PMNovember 16th, 2006
I am having a fabulous time here in NYC... I started off in a HORRIBLE apartment, that made me burst into tears when I walked in. But this week I moved into a very nice apartment, and everything is SOOO much better now! I have been very busy with daily rehearsals, and am loving it. It's great to be back at the Met, and back in NY... Tonight I had a live interview with F.Paul Driscoll from the Opera News, and had picked 6 recordings that we listened to, and then discussed. It was a lot of fun...
posted by ICM at 6:28 PMNovember 21st, 2005
My first journal entry. Thanks for visiting my website! I really feel I get so many wonderful experiences and opportunities that hopefully I will be really loyal to sharing with you. Also, for some reason, the wierdest and funniest things happen to me... so I will try to share those with you as well!
I have had a wonderful fall, filled with concerts.. It's been so exciting and fulfilling... and exhausting! I also got to work with fantastic conductors and orchestras, including, Michael Stern in Kansan city, Andrew Litton in Minneapolis, David Robertson in St. Louis, and Daniel Barenboim in Berlin.
November was filled with Das Lied von der Erde, which is so thrilling to sing...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all... M
