The End is Near

Our talk yesterday was with Joyce DiDonato and her husband Leonardo. Joyce is currently one of the best Mezzo-Soprano’s of the day. Some say she is the Renee Flemming of Mezzos. We could have stayed there for hours asking questions and listening to her. Unfortunately we had to be at the Festival Master Class at 3 and you don’t get in if you’re late.

Christa Ludwig held the master class. Five singers performed. Two are from the states and Vladimir was the only guy that sang. Emily Righter, Mezzo that just graduated from Yale is probably coming to our final performance. Interestingly enough one of the girls in our program overheard a few of the singers from the master class talking about Joyce DiDonato and wanting to meet her. We all chuckled a little since we just had met her.

After the master class, a few of us went to the Augustiner Brewery for dinner. We had a great time and sat outside in the Beer Garden. Unfortunately it started to rain after we had been there for a little while. Everyone moved inside, but we had finished eating, so we decided to go to Café Furst for dessert. The only problem was that the café was on the other side of town and it started to down pour. We decided to stop at the college (which was on the way) and hang out for a little while till the rain lightened up. After about half an hour it actually stopped completely.

Mike and I split a banana split there at Café Furst. After we had been there for a while, and I looked to see what time it was, I saw it was almost time to catch a bus. I left the crew and made it to the bus stop with perfect timing.

This morning we had German at a café to practice ordering food. We first went to Carpedium, but there wasn’t really enough space for all of us to sit together. It was also a little on the expensive side, so we ended up at McDonalds, and we all ordered in German with Jasmin watching and listening. We were then able to sit upstairs and talk about things together. After class, most of us returned to school and up to the library. There we were showing each other videos on youtube we’ve found of singers both good and bad. We also ended up lying on the tables and giving each other massages. It was quite relaxing.

We have one more master class this afternoon in our program. Tomorrow we’re supposed to go hiking along Lake Wolfgang, but its supposed to rain all day. I think many are deciding not to go for that reason. I’ll wait to see how bad the weather is and if anyone really is going.