At any rate - I had my Fiddler callback today. I think it went well - but you can never really tell - that is the difference between skating and theatre - you really have no idea what the judges are looking for. Sure in skating the judges can be biased - but at the end of the day - they are looking for technical requirements. In theatre - they could be looking for height, vocal type, nose shape, hair color, someone with a happy energy, someone with a depressive energy, someone with an angry energy, someone who can cry on cue - someone who can laugh on cue - naturalism, overdramatics, dance ability (and that has it's own separate range) - you really don't know. You just have to go in and do your best - a tap teacher of mine calls it fighting the good fight. I don't know if my acting was what they were looking for - but I feel I put forth truthful performances that I am proud of - and I did my homework before and it showed. (Especially since I don't read music - I had to have an emergency Mary lesson before to learn it.)
Now - if you read this blog you know I have a legit soprano voice - and struggle with the belting. When I saw Mary - she said to just sing it out of whatever voice felt comfortable - so - we worked on the songs using a mixed belt - leaning towards legit soprano. Of course, I get there - and the music director says she wants it BELTED - not mixed - and definitely not legit. She makes anyone mixing do it again - trying to belt - and I'm basically freaking out because I'm imagining her telling me "could you try it again with a belt" and me having to say "no." My turn came and I was like - oh f-it - just - try to belt - it'll be less embarassing than being asked to try it again and failing - may as well fail the first time! HAHA! (what positive thinking eh?) So there I went - and apparently I didn't fail - I succeeded. The music director said "very strong" and I was one of four Tzeitels asked to stay until the end. Huh. Belting got me through? I guess my opera voice is untrained enough it sounds like belting compared to the divas. Or my acting was just that good. Who knows - as I said before - you have NO idea what they are looking for. I certainly heard some fabulous belts that were not kept. What I can be proud of no matter what the final outcome is this callback was PURELY on singing and performing- not on dancing (that I know of - I did go to the dance call which turned out to be only for men - and they made me do the bottle dance - where a bunch of Jewish men do a traditional Jewish dance with bottles on their heads - lol) - the character I was called back for doesn't dance - but does walk in rhythm with arms above her head a few times. Who knows - my bottle dancing may have been THAT impressive. lol.
Well - I suppose I should forget about it and move onto the next thing - the concert I'm singing in tomorrow night! I'll be singing two Rogers and Hammerstein songs - that have no belting in them at all! Home sweet home! I love me some R&H! And then - a callback for a knock off Phantom of the Opera - I'm called back for Christine's best friend - the ballerina soprano Meg who is emotionally excitable and melodramatic. Lol. I just hope I'm not too big - I tend to be too big to be a ballerina in most arenas. It's not even a matter of fat so much as bone structure and body type. What makes me look like a Russian Jew does NOT make me look like a French ballerina! LOL! But as aforementioned- who knows what they are looking for - maybe Meg needs to have a big bum and muscular legs! The better for running away from the Phantom with my dear!:)
Well - I'm knackered - and realized that I had scrambled eggs for every meal today. Must go grocery shopping...
That's all folks!:)
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