It is delightful to be in Iceland. I thought I would be lazier though, just taking it really easy, but now that I’m here, I’m unable to be the couch potato I wanted to be. Let’s say I’m a wannabe couch potato.
So what am I up to? First of all the newspaper that I worked for before the tour started has asked me to review some concerts. Tonight I’m going to see a premier of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne of Naxos and there are some other concerts ahead as well.
I’m also working on one of the tour songs that I feel could be a lot better on my part, Hope. All of our concerts are recorded and last night I asked Kevin, our front of house sound engineer, to send me a recording of our last performance of Hope, which was in Nimes if I’m not mistaken. I listened to it and liked some of what I did, but definitely not all. It is going to be so much better!
Finally, a few of my students have asked me for a lesson, and I met three of them today. One of them is the pilot I mentioned earlier. Another is a physician and the third is a soprano whom I am coaching. It sure is interesting to play Wagner for a change!
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