- In choosing repertoire,
generally as a single you need five basic arias
for every audition that you come in with.
Important thing is to have a variety of styles,
variety of languages, variety of tempi
whether it's slow and sustained,
whether it moves along.
Usually you get a first choice of what to sing.
And the most important thing is to start
with something that you can sing
no matter how you feel that day, good, bad, or indifferent,
that that's still going to be a good piece for you.
And to find a piece that starts in a great part
of your range, 'cause most judges decide
within the first 10 measures, whether they like you or not.
And so you don't want to start
with something that takes you two minutes to warm up into,
something that right away says,
"This is who I am as a singer."