Mid-Week Breaks - Off to the Opera
Took a few days off of writing to get some other stuff done around the house. The holidays this past year were tremendously busy with family, which is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately on the domestic front it also leaves a lot of after-clutter that I've been sporadically dealing with since the calendar changed over to the new year. Not to mention the new year always brings a lot of little things to get done that sometimes end up being overlooked until you actually need it. Like getting a new calendar for the fridge. Contacting the trash company for the new recycling schedule and so on.
Also during this transition period the day job is terribly hectic since I work in a bustling accounting office. End of year and end of month. Of course I have managed writing work amongst all of this, including a great deal of work on Amy and Into Darkness (including book trailers). Which brings me to my next topic - opera. How I got from being busy, domestic stuff, writing stuff to opera? Well, I used a beautiful aria piece (license free open content) called Lamento della ninfa on the Into Darkness book trailer. It's performed by a woman named Anna Simboli. So I've spent some time looking for this particular performer and this particular version of the opera and sadly -- it does not exist (out of print now). Now don't get me wrong - I've found other versions of the opera, but the performers were miserable. Opera is either hit or miss with me. I really do love Carl Orf's Carmina Burana, and really, Lamento della ninfa was a wonderful find. But it is true that a performer can make or break a piece.
Anyway - I do have a point to this. I'm actually looking for baroque period operas where there are a great deal of darker pieces with the same feel as Lamento della ninfa and I'm not having any luck. I've been searching and listening and searching some more and while the pieces themselves are lovely - many of the performers don't have that extra something where I can actually *feel* the mood of the piece just through listening. I am welcome to any suggestions (and I really hope someone who loves opera is reading this).
Also during this transition period the day job is terribly hectic since I work in a bustling accounting office. End of year and end of month. Of course I have managed writing work amongst all of this, including a great deal of work on Amy and Into Darkness (including book trailers). Which brings me to my next topic - opera. How I got from being busy, domestic stuff, writing stuff to opera? Well, I used a beautiful aria piece (license free open content) called Lamento della ninfa on the Into Darkness book trailer. It's performed by a woman named Anna Simboli. So I've spent some time looking for this particular performer and this particular version of the opera and sadly -- it does not exist (out of print now). Now don't get me wrong - I've found other versions of the opera, but the performers were miserable. Opera is either hit or miss with me. I really do love Carl Orf's Carmina Burana, and really, Lamento della ninfa was a wonderful find. But it is true that a performer can make or break a piece.
Anyway - I do have a point to this. I'm actually looking for baroque period operas where there are a great deal of darker pieces with the same feel as Lamento della ninfa and I'm not having any luck. I've been searching and listening and searching some more and while the pieces themselves are lovely - many of the performers don't have that extra something where I can actually *feel* the mood of the piece just through listening. I am welcome to any suggestions (and I really hope someone who loves opera is reading this).
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