Welcome to my Fall 2020 Newsletter! Once again, this is going to be a season of cancellations and I know that we are all trying our best to hold each other close. I do have some positive things to share, anyway, and I do want to remember the important things always, like the gratitude that I have for my health, my family, and my supportive and loving friends.
Lucia di Lammermoor, which was to open the season at Teatro alla Scala, was sadly canceled...but the theatre has put together all their resources and determination to have a concert performance for the 7th of December. So I am looking forward to joining my colleagues in a very special gala that will be broadcast around the world, even though the theatre will sadly be empty. Then I have added some Traviata performances to my calendar this December at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
I’m delighted to be asked to return on short notice, as Barcelona is a city that I love dearly. Finally, I hope to ring in the New Year with my first ever New Year’s Eve concert (actually there are 3 planned performances!) with the Dresden Philharmonie. Shortly after, in early January, I hope to sing a concert of Händel and Mozart, for the Grandes Voix Concert series in Paris.
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This period has taught me a lot, but there is so much I have yet to learn. I am trying to be more flexible, accepting, and not punishing myself for struggling. It’s a struggle, whether you are singing or not during this pandemic, to find the motivation to pull yourself together and desperately try to bring much-needed music and joy, whether on a stage or virtually, to people all around the world who so very much want to enjoy it.
I know that our calling as performers is sacred, and theatres may be shut down, but I’m not. And I believe that the care and effort that goes into any craft comes from the heart, from a place of wanting to give, wanting to create, and wanting to make the world a better place. And we want our work to be appreciated.
We are not just entertainers.
We provide solace, comfort, escape, and so many other important things. I believe the arts now more than ever, are really pulling us through, and it makes me feel so much joy to know that there are so many people out there who are moved by the work we artists do.
Thank you for your support during this time! It means everything.
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🎭 La traviata
December 10, 15, 19, 27
Gran Theatre del Liceu
Barcelona, ES
🎭 New Years Eve Gala
December 30, 31, 01
Kulturpalast
Dresden, GE
🎭 Les Grandes Voix
January 11
Théâtre des Champs Elysées
Paris, FR
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