artnouveauho ([info]artnouveauho) wrote,
@ 2009-06-28 15:36:00
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Render unto Caesar
Auditioned for something, and got it.
Auditioned for something, and got it.

That hasn't happened in a while. The last time I can think of was that Tower of London gig in '06. (My work in the interim has come from people just offering me things, or from phone calls that say "Aaaaaggghsomeone'sdroppedoutcanyoudoit.")

But last Thursday, I auditioned in Oxford for a production of Handel's Julius Caesar, and the next afternoon I got an email saying I'd got the title role.

So I'll be singing Caesar in early October. Handel's opera has a romantic plot involving Cleopatra, but the dastardly schemes of the villainous Ptolemy ensure that there's plenty of drama. The music can best be described as "Baroque awesomeness."

I'm going to have to cut my hair off.

This is going to RULE.


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[info]chimera_s
2009-06-28 03:56 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations - Great News (Shame about the hair).

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:02 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! I'm counting on you to uphold the big-hair standard from October till mine grows back.

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[info]spyinthehaus
2009-06-28 04:01 pm UTC (link)
W00T! Congratulations!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:03 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! So, about lunch...

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(Anonymous)
2009-06-28 10:09 pm UTC (link)
Yes! How are you fixed this week/next week?

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[info]gothichaven
2009-06-28 04:23 pm UTC (link)
oh Lisa this is spendid news although I agree to loose your lovely locks is a shame. You must let us know dates tickets etc if we can come and see you perform that would be wonderful.. your "jamming" session with Miseriacordia at Tatton was awesome indeed, Will we see you at Kensall this weekend coming?

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:10 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for the kind words! Tatton was so much fun, but I regret that I didn't get to catch up with you properly. That jam session was definitely one of the more fun things I got to do.

I don't know about Kensal Green, but if you're going, that definitely makes me want to think about it.

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[info]breltard95
2009-06-28 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Holy fuck. If I type "holy fuck" enough times to convey the depth of the sense of holy fuckness I'm feeling, I would break eight keys on my computer.

VA *NON* TACTITO, YOU GLORIOUS TRAVESTI BASTARDESS! And keep us posted on what is sure to be an amazing roller coaster ride!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:13 pm UTC (link)
Hee. I think that's going to be my preferred sobriquet from now on. Thank you!

How is your show going? Tenors behaving themselves?

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[info]breltard95
2009-06-28 11:44 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, we're getting along. And I had forgotten how fun he is to work with once you get him pinned down.

I'm about to lose a bunch of rehearsal time to vacations and holiday weekend, but whaddayagonnado? At least we got ONE dance rehearsal in.

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[info]breltard95
2009-06-28 04:24 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and P.S. Save the hair and get a fall made.

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[info]mothninja
2009-06-28 04:58 pm UTC (link)
That is FANTASTIC!! Go you!!! Wheeeeee!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:14 pm UTC (link)
wheeeeee back atcha! Bloodshots and/or karaoke one of these days, perchance?

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[info]library_keeper
2009-06-28 05:14 pm UTC (link)
Gratulor tibi!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:14 pm UTC (link)
Gratias tibi ago, domine!

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[info]tacnukesoul
2009-06-28 06:28 pm UTC (link)
Wow, great news! Congrats!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:15 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]playfuleye
2009-06-28 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations!!! I want pictures and info! Especially on your hair! :D :D :D

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 08:16 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, beautiful! (Oh, did you get the earrings which I got around to mailing at long last??)

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[info]playfuleye
2009-06-29 12:52 pm UTC (link)
YES!!! I love them so much! I've been searching for earrings in that style for a while that I could wear without stretching my ears. You're a mind reader!
You can see them make an appearance in my budding steampunk outfit!
Thank you so much for them!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-29 08:42 pm UTC (link)
Yay!! I'm so glad you like them and that they're useful.

One of these days, I'm really hoping you'll be able to come visit London, if only for the shopping...

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[info]wolfinthewood
2009-06-28 08:25 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations. Where and when?

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 10:14 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! Confirmed dates so far are 8 and 10 October, in Oxford (I'll ask about the venue).

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[info]justpolina
2009-06-28 09:04 pm UTC (link)
That is fabulous! Enjoy, and tell me when it is so I can come along!!

*huge hugs*

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 10:15 pm UTC (link)
Hugs back! 8 and 10 October in Oxford.

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[info]laughingmagpie
2009-06-28 09:15 pm UTC (link)
WIN!

Congratulations!!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-28 10:16 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, lovely!

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[info]miriya_b
2009-06-28 11:55 pm UTC (link)
Woo and also hoo!!!!!

That sounds most fabulous! (and for the record, I also like the idea of keeping the cut-off hair & potentially having a fall or other awesomeness made of it...)

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-29 08:56 am UTC (link)
Thank you! I hope that you're well these days-- delivery time must be approaching...

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[info]captrenault
2009-06-29 04:25 am UTC (link)
Congrats on the good news!

And save some of your hair for me. I need it for... I just need it.

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-29 08:55 am UTC (link)
Do do that voodoo that you do so well...

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[info]larissa_00
2009-06-29 11:28 am UTC (link)
Miracule! (except perhaps the hair cutting part - not so good, methinks)
You could always go see Handel's London house, if you haven't already, for even more Baroque-ness
http://www.handelhouse.org/ (they have harpsichord concerts too)

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-29 08:44 pm UTC (link)
I love the Handel House, and have been scheming to do a recital there for a while. They have a great harpsichord, in a lovely little room.

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[info]larissa_00
2009-06-30 11:20 am UTC (link)
You'll have to get [info]wyte_phantom to do you an _awesome_ robe à la polonaise for your recital :->

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[info]badmagic
2009-06-29 01:28 pm UTC (link)
Roq! What part will you be playing/singing/whatever the right verb is?

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-29 08:46 pm UTC (link)
I'm Caesar!

People have been looking at me strangely and asking why a woman is playing Caesar. Answer: the opera stars of Handel's day were castrati, and they don't make those any more...

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[info]speedlime
2009-06-29 08:15 pm UTC (link)
OH MY GOD THAT IS MADE OF WIN!!! The world is finally recognizing your awesomeness!! Huge hugs to you, my dear. Sorry I didn't see this earlier-- was incommunicado at Origins. YAY YOU!!

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-29 08:43 pm UTC (link)
YAY back!! How was Origins??

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[info]speedlime
2009-06-29 09:08 pm UTC (link)
Not bad, though not as epic as some years. No arrests and we made back the cost of our booth, but I'm glad to be home and to have had twelve hours of uninterrupted sleep!

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[info]eflatmajor
2009-06-29 09:15 pm UTC (link)
WIN OF EPIC AWESOME

*jealous*

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-30 11:52 am UTC (link)
Hey now, your life contains plenty of epic Handelian awesome!

At Oxenfnord, we can SHARE the awesome. It will rock.

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[info]gmul
2009-06-30 02:46 am UTC (link)
Excellent news! Knock 'em cold/out/their socks off. Will keep an eye out for venue and try and come along.

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-30 11:52 am UTC (link)
Thank you, Graham! Hope all's well on the boat?

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[info]gmul
2009-06-30 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Boat is still floating, so that's a win. Turns in to a bit of an oven in this weather though!

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[info]esdi_leanne
2009-06-30 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Aaaah, squee squee squee! Congratulations! And I was a little shocked at first with the idea of you cutting your hair off, but I think short hair will suit you actually. :D

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[info]artnouveauho
2009-06-30 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Squee back atcha! Hope Whitby went well?

The thing about hair (which I know you know) is that it grows, so even the most radical alteration isn't a serious commitment.

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[info]stanleybear
2009-07-01 09:12 pm UTC (link)
This is outstanding news for bears.

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