#notyouraveragejulie

[supercantaloupe]

tagged by @notyouraveragejulie, ty!

1. are you named after anyone? - a great grandfather, i think. middle name after my father. russian name scheme innit. my hebrew name unsurprisingly comes from the tanakh

2. when was the last time you cried? - last week when my cat passed

3. do you have kids? - ...no?

4. do you use sarcasm a lot? - yeah

5. what sports do you play/have you played? - i was a field hockey goalie for six years. i hate basically every other team sport lol

6. what’s the first thing you notice about other people? - clothes, i guess

7. what’s your eye color? - blue (i know. sorry.)

8. scary movies or happy endings? - happy endings i guess? i don't watch scary movies but i also don't watch many movies period. i prefer a satisfying ending over anything else, whether that means happy or not

9. any special talents? - finding four leaf clovers

10. where were you born? - i'm from the mid atlantic and that's as specific as i'm going to get on a tumblr post.

11. what are your hobbies? - music (listening and creating), writing, drawing, cooking, being weird about theater

12. do you have any pets? - i consider the two cats at home mine still. the dog is my parents, i don't claim her lol. but i also don't live at home full time anymore. my roommate just got a kitten at our apartment tho i'm excited to meet him

13. how tall are you? - 5’5/165 cm

14. favorite subject? - music history

15. dream job? - music preparation/librarian or artistic operations with a professional orchestra or opera company. it would be very cool to be able to perform full time for a job but that's never going to happen

tagging @tragedyposting @yardofblondegirls @grasslandgirl @kingfisherkink @tempestclerics @theresa-of-liechtenstein @malcolm-f-tucker and @nablah if you'd like

[stoportotouch]

for the ship bingo: any combination of the raoul/nevers/valentine/marguérite quartet

all four! why not!

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

good morning, paradise

[princesssarisa]

As long as people are doing opera preference polls, I may as well contribute.

@leporellian, @supercantaloupe, @tuttocenere, @ariel-seagull-wings, @notyouraveragejulie, @simone-boccanegra

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

I was tagged by @marzipanandminutiae to name 10 songs I like with names in the title!

"St. Teresa," Joan Osborne

"Morning Elvis," Florence and the Machine

"William Taylor," which is a folk song with a number of variations

"Stagger Lee," another folk song—yes, this is someone's name

"Suzanne," Leonard Cohen (covered beyond belief, but mostly these days the original is listened to)

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," a Bach piece that is only dubiously a song but that I'm including because I got made fun of for listing it as a favorite song in elementary school

"Basil," Mark Knopfler

"Bilitis," Nakamori Akina

"Hello, Minnie," which is an absolutely insane moment from Puccini's infamous (in some circles; said with utmost love for it) yeehaw opera La fanciulla del West. You know that "firing a rifle into the air while balls deep in a squealing hog" Cards against Humanity card? Yeah, that, senza hog, is how this opera INTRODUCES its main soprano.

"Eärendil was a mariner" from The Fellowship of the Ring but specifically the Adele McAllister setting.

Tagging @wedding-shemp @clarascuro @mayasaura @s1mpl1fe @itsallwearecalledtodo @absynthe--minded @stracciatellino @sagebrushed @notyouraveragejulie @staghunters

[socialshakespeare]

Reading 2: Saturday November 18

The second read-through of The Winter's Tale.

(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition.

Please submit your confirmation or any request to understudy here. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.

Times and time zones:

EST (US): 2:00 PM CST (US): 1:00 PM MST (US): 12:00 PM PST (US): 11:00 AM GMT (UK): 7:00 PM AEDT (AU): 6:00 AM (Sunday, November 19)

Leader: @cobbled-vibrance

Leontes, Dorcas: @enbymoomin Paulina, Mopsa: @theshakespearetrash Camillo, 1st Lady, Sailor: @hollishasatumblr Polixenes, Cleomenes, Emilia: @lanternheart Autolycus, 2nd Lady: @maveriquemagpie Perdita, Antigonus, 3rd Gentleman: @notyouraveragejulie Hermione, Servant, 2nd Gentleman: @cobbled-vibrance Florizell, Mamillius, 1st Gentleman, Officer: @amysterywrappedinanenigma Shepherd's Son, Dion, Archidamus, Jailer: @shatouto Shepherd, Lord(s), Chorus: @saintrots Understudy: @trashprinceofdenmark

Please submit your confirmation here - liking/reblogging this post does not count!

Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of The Winter's Tale during the read-through.

Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!

[spghtrbry]

tagged by @malcolm-f-tucker and @notyouraveragejulie :) im always shy abt posting these tag games jlsdfkjlsd idk why..

favorite color: black. green + red

currently reading: im that type of person who reads 23423 books at the same time lol. rn im reading frankenstein and re-reading schiilers wilhelm tell

last song: björk - bachelorette. i am SO NORMAL about this song

last series: the wire

sweet, savory, or spicy? savory...

currently working on: hmm... im going to send a package to my friends in another country and rn im working on it slkdjfljsdkf if it counts

tagging: uh. im just gonna tag my friends😭😭 @ihateornithologists @vitarrf @not-a-21st-century-girl @radrezi @deathbypickles @partyinthemysterymachine

[shredsandpatches]

@notyouraveragejulie sent me this: my sweet midwestern cinnamon bun Michael Spyres singing the only actual aria that Gounod gives the title character in Faust. It is delightful, of course! I don't think Spyres has done a full production of the Gounod version, although he has done the Berlioz numerous times (I was in the chorus for one of them!), and I'd really like to see that because I think his natural ability to be sympathetic and adorable would lend some interesting depths to Gounod's shallow-fuckboy take on the character.

(also he should totally reunite with John Relyea for it because they were both in the Berlioz performance I was in and had fantastic chemistry)

[theresa-of-liechtenstein]

@keepthemacramesecret tagged me which reminded me that i was also tagged by @cjflint to post the first 9 photos that show up when i search [name]core on pinterest! i have a board called ‘emcore’ already but i actually did the search lol

tagging @sircarolyn, @stoppablethetramstory, @malcolm-f-tucker, @supercantaloupe, @leporellian, @notyouraveragejulie, @smile-at-the-stars, and @dreamofpeppermints (no pressure, of course)

[carpe-mamilia]

Tagged by @notyouraveragejulie - thank you!

Favourite colour: blue. Pretty much every article of clothing I own that isn't theatre blacks for backstage is either blue or horizontal stripes or both

Currently reading: Alice Through the Looking Glass, because I re-read Wonderland when we were doing the opera

Last song: Two Worlds (Ebn-Hakia's aria from Iolanta). I have to say that Fedora largely left me cold, but Iolanta is Tchaikovsky and therefore has some bops

Last series: just binged Yonderland again, also showed my assistant Detectorists when she came to stay with me while we were doing alterations

Sweet, savoury or spicy? Would have to go with savoury. There are so many sweets and cakes around backstage, which is very nice and all but does make you rather long for a toastie

Currently working on: Iolanta, the last of the three operas I have been working on as Costume Supervisor this summer. It's been bloody hard work but the end is now in sight, and honestly this one is about a hundred times easier than the other two for various reasons. Assorted pics of Fedora and Alice in Wonderland (by Laima Arlauskaite) below since we haven't had the photos from the Iolanta dress rehearsal through yet.

Tagging: @stoportotouch @fabledquill @mischieffoal @deez-no-relation @aconissa @mothlm @princessprouvaire @truthhux if you'd like to!

[supercantaloupe]

💌

you're so nice!! i really appreciate how friendly and enthusiastic you are about things, you were my first opera mutual like two years ago and i think you were a great "ambassador" so to speak to welcome me to the community.

[ask meme]

[vera-dauriac]

Playing more catch up on things I've been tagged on lately!

Tagged weeks and weeks ago by @maryloohoo. (Thanks!)

✨When you get this, you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 of your followers✨ (non-obligatory)

1. Still going through my mind a lot lately after watching last weekend.

“Eri Tu” Un ballo in Maschera

Verdi; Dima

2. Current obsession as I work on fic.

“Restate” Don Carlo

Verdi; Kwiecien, Pape

3. Thanks to the Donizetti discussion this morning, I’ve already listened to this twice today.

Sextet, Lucia di Lammermoor

Donizetti; Netrebko, Beczała, Kwiecien, et al

4. Been obsessed with this for months now since a coworker shared it with me.

Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528 - II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)

Bach, Olafsson

5. Several months back, YouTube started putting this on a bunch of my mixes, and I am very pleased they did.

“Vo solcando un mar crudele” Artaserse

Vinci, Fagioli

Tagging (and, obviously, take your time or ignore): @notyouraveragejulie @widevibratobitch @verdiesque @revedebeatrice @sugar-bowl-in-the-shade @smile-at-the-stars @myalchod @tuttocenere @agarthanguide @akathecentimetre

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

i ARRIVE at the occasion i show UP to the event

[nablah]

sharing my last month’s receiptify (tagged by @supercantaloupe , sorry it took me so long!)

tagging @dae-seeme-rollin @kagilagilalas @leporellian @smile-at-the-stars @theresa-of-liechtenstein @malcolm-f-tucker @notyouraveragejulie @respectablecapers​ @carlodivarga-s​ and @rosewaterbaptism​ (only if you want to :> and anyone else if you want!)

[socialshakespeare]

Reading 4: Sunday, August 20

The fourth read-through of Henry IV, Part 1!

(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition.

Please submit your confirmation or any request to understudy here. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.

Times and time zones:

EDT (US): 4:00 PM CDT (US): 3:00 PM MDT (US): 2:00 PM PDT (US): 1:00 PM BST (UK): 9:00 PM AEST (AU): 6:00 AM (Monday, August 21)

Leader: @mariposagal

Cast:

Falstaff: @laropasucia Prince Hal: @astrangergivingthestrangewelcome Hotspur, Sheriff, Ostler: @l832 Henry IV, Francis, Servant: @mariposagal Worcester, Chamberlain, Peto: @maveriquemagpie Poins, Westmoreland, Sir Michael, Northumberland: @notyouraveragejulie Bardolph, Glendower, Archbishop, Lancaster: @actualshonenprotagonist Hostess, Douglas, Gadshill, 2nd Messenger: @wildechild Lady Percy, Vernon, 2nd Carrier, Vintner: @actorinfluence Blunt, Mortimer, (1st) Carrier, (1st) Traveler, Messenger: @purplemuskrat

Please submit your confirmation here. - liking/reblogging this post does not count!

Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of Henry IV, Part 1 during the read-through.

Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!

[rayatii]

I fucking love it when people nickname any kind of liquid "X juice", like for example milk = "cow juice" (stole this one from @notyouraveragejulie), it's fucking hilarious.