Resolution 2008

I am nearing my fortieth year. I will this year sing forty roles, three times each, here and there. The roles are:

Violetta in “La Traviata; Desdemona, in “Otello”; Leonora, in “Il Trovatore”; Azucena, in the same opera; Lady Macbeth, in “Macbeth”; Mistress Quickly, in “Falstaff”; Amneris, in “Aida”; the Princess of Eboli, in “Don Carlo”; “Norma”, the title role; Elvira, in “I Puritani”; Donna Elvira, in “Don Giovanni”; Donna Anna, in the same opera; the Countess, in “Le Nozze di Figaro”; the Queen of the Night, in “Die Zauberflote”; Orfeo, in “Orfeo ed Euridice”; Poppea, in “L’Incoronazione di Poppea”; the Marschallin, in “Der Rosenkavalier”; Octavian, the title role in the same opera; “Elektra” and “Salome”, the title roles; the Dyer’s Wife, in “Die Frau ohne Schatten”; Sieglinde, in “Die Walkure”; Brunnhilde, in the same music drama; Elisabeth, in “Tannhauser”; “Manon” and “Thais”, the title roles; “Louise”, the title role; Dalila, in “Samson et Dalila”; “Carmen”, the title role; Cassandra, in “Les Troyens”; Dido, in the same opera (in the same performance); “Rusalka”, the title role; “Turandot”, the title role; Minnie, in “La Fanciulla del West”; Cio-Cio San, in “Madama Butterfly”; Marie, in Berg’s “Wozzeck”; Jocasta, in Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex”; Emilia Marti, in Janacek’s “The Makropoulos Affair”; Leonore, in “Fidelio”; and Romeo, in Bellini’s “I Capuletti ed i Montecchi.”

Yes, it is good to be back.

Happy New You!

from Mawrdew Czgowchwz,

the fanatic formerly known as the NYCOF