My Opea Debut

My opera debut finally took its well deserved place last weekend. Now it's time to start preparing for new repertories and productions. I met so many wonderful and talented singers during the production and there's always something I can learn from
each and everyone of them. If you have a dream, don't wait for it to pass by, chase it, and chase it hard :D

Hi all, to see the complete production photos, please email me for the links!
It was a pleasure to be working with all of you, you were all wonderful & I hope to see you again soon in Hänsel und Gretel!

preparing for the "Flute"

For the past few weekends I spent a lot of time in rehearsals for the "Magic Flute" , singing as one of the spirits. Here are some sketches from the rehearsals.




My husband is volunteering as the stage art director, here is what he is doing for the production. Four 8'x4' canvases of out door scene. Can't wait until we can marry all the 4 panels.



Right now I only have one more ticket left on reserve, please contact me via my profile email to reserve.
My cast (the first cast) is on for Saturday, Jan29th at 2:00pm

PH2 SHETLER THEATER STUDIO

A Look to The flute In the Past

As a pat of the study, also having never seem The Flute live, we saw the Metropolitan Opera's abridged production on Xmas Eve. Although I was hoping to hear the diction in German, the opera was in English. It was a perfect holiday cheer, if you have young children, they will find it very entertaining. My husband and I really enjoyed the fairy tale like props and the puppet works involved in the production.
Here's a 2006 production, I think Papageno is sang by the same actor in this year's production.

How do we cope with pain

Too often there is a good guy and a bad guy in every story told by one or a group of very sad and hurt people. But in reality there usually is no bad guy--there is just a bitte reality that hurts to recognize and accept. It is so easy to point fingers, judging some people for being so mean and seemingly thoughtless. When we ask ourselves - what do people who have been emotionally wounded typically do? They lash out and hurt other people, to get even, sometimes intentionally but often times not, because that is their way of coping with their pain. You don't have to be a celebrity for your past to dictate how you cope in the present or how you manage your anger by taking it out on others. If instead you try to take a minute to understand where each person is coming from it might help to make things more clear and to give you the opportunity to choose to cope in a different way, and hopefully have a better outcome. A little understanding can go a long way.
While some people are moving on to their lives, some are still stuck to the past. Some people choose to never get to know a person, but kept