up to six hours a day. When the actual
show opens, you’re often under contract to
do several performances. You do one, you
have a couple of days off. People who have
large roles that tax them quite a bit need
the time to recover.
I didn’t realize that opera performances
were spaced out like that.
In repertory, there will be four or five
shows going on at the same time. Every
night there will be something. But if
you look at the schedule, you’ll see there
are two and three days in between a
particular opera.
You’ll be singing in Mahler’s Third
with the BSO. You sing the poem in
the fourth movement, so you won’t
have any trouble singing a few nights
in a row?
Yes, the fourth and a bit of the fifth. It’s a
bit of an easy gig for me. I also did the piece
in Reykjavik and Caracas.
I understand the symphony isn’t done
very often.
The big difficulty is it pulls from a lot of
resources. You have an extended orchestra,
soloists, and, on top of it, you need a children’s choir. It’s an undertaking.
You’re a newcomer to Baltimore right?
This will be my first time spending any
time there. I’ve heard nothing but wonderful things about the orchestra and the mus