Martina and I played one last game of rummy after dinner last night. It’s not quite as much fun with just two people, but we enjoyed it while drinking our evening coffee. Laura was sitting watching the game and as we finished up and cleaned up the table, Laure said “Ich bin tired.” Martina and I started to laugh because she was mixing German and English.
This morning we had our last German class with Jasmin. She prepared us for the test tomorrow and went over just about everything that is on the test. Tomorrow there is a festival in her hometown and all the streets are shut down. She won’t be able to make it into Salzburg to give us our finals or to come to our final concert. We all said our goodbyes today and took a class picture with her.
After class I had a 20-minute rehearsal/coaching with my pianist, Mary Dibbern, and voice teacher, Yvonne. We went over my song for our final concert tomorrow. It went really well. I sang through it twice Yvonne and Mary only had one or two spots to point out. I was really supporting the sound and using good breath control. Yvonne was really excited to see that. They also both commented on my coloratura. It was clean, clear and beautiful. I feel really good going into the final concert tomorrow. I just hope my German final is as good.
We had one last master class today co-taught by David Aronson (coach/rehearsal accompanist/conductor at the Vienna Opera) and his wife Sylvia Greenberg an internationally acclaimed Soprano. It was wonderful. They were both so lively and had so much to share.
One last thing for tonight and it is to see Martin Shalita sing Die Schöne Müllerin. Martin is an alumnus of the program who is currently making a career in Germany. Then it’s home to eat, study, pack and get to bed.
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