I went to the audition and was scheduled at around 9:15, they were quite a bit behind. That was all right though, I had a chance to get a felling for the opera community there. Everyone knew one another except for me. I tend to jump right into group situations, however, and get to know people. 

For the Marcellina audition, we had to sing the recitative and duet with Susanna at the beginning of the opera...but without a Susanna. All of the Marcellina candidates were feeling a bit schizophrenic while rehearsing with no Susanna. We all laughed about it, and I suggested that we have a Marcellina "SING OFF!". Instead of going into the audition individually, we all go in together and sing it together. The first person to sing Susanna's part out loud is out...and so on, like a dance off. It was very funny!

The audition went really well. (I didn't even sing the wrong part!) The people in the room were smiling and having a good time while I did the audition. That made me feel great! The stage director recognized me from the Berkeley "Figaro" and went on and on about the beauty of the production, that also was a great feeling. The conductor Alex wanted to make sure that I was free for the production. I mentioned that I had just been asked to sing Barbarina in Sacramento Opera's "Figaro" and that there is some overlap. I then was asked to make sure and send my rehearsal schedule to them so that they could consider the possibilities. 

I amy have my first professional conflict! How exciting!