Magnanimity

Two performances of Pirates are now down -- we openned last night, and we had a matinee today. We have an evening show tonight, and then another matinee tomorrow, which is also our 'gag show'. It's gone rather well. I'm sorry to say that my voice was feeling a little tired, if healthy, this afternoon, and I wasn't vocally quite where I'd want to be. Last night had a smaller 'but' in its 'all but perfection'.

It's funny, when I'm just practicing singing by myself, it's easy for me to get enough breath for the long musical lines. In practice, I can always sing "Although our dark career sometimes involves the crime of stealing" in one breath. But something goes different when I get on stage. I'm getting over-excited or something, I guess. My acting has been just fine. But this show is giving me some good opportunities to practice increased vocal technique on stage. Hitherto, there's been an odd gap between my voice lessons and my performances.