The title of this entry is a quote by Mozart. In english it means I would like to have everything good, genuine, and beautiful. I saw this when I went to Mozart's Figaro House yesterday for class. It was very interesting. To be honest it wasn't worth the money. I got in free because it was a requirement for our class to go, so IES pays for it. One of the things on exhibit was Mozart's Punch Ladle. It was quite fascinating. NOT!!!! The building was a really nice building. It is right by a really nice small street called Blutgasse! Meaning Blood Alley. There are many myths about this street and why it is called Blutgasse. Many say it is because of the Blut Countess. She apparently lived on this street and found young men and she would take them to her apartment and kill them because and she would drink their blood to stay young. Obviously this can't be true. But this myth is actually pretty big in Vienna. It goes all the way back to before Mozart lived in his Apartment at the end of Blutgasse. The reason why it is called Mozart's figaro house is because that is where he wrote Marriage of Figaro. It is in the first district of Vienna. Some of it was very interesting but I would not go back again. They showed paintings of people that don't matter and actually have very little to do with Mozart. It was very weird, but anyway that is what I did yesterday. This past week has been pretty busy. I have had a lot to do. I have had a lot of coachings and I really haven't had to time to go out in Vienna and explore. This weekend I will be doing some fun things. I have a voice lessons Saturday and then I'm going to an opera called Medea. It is a brand new opera that was commissioned by the Staatsoper in Wien. I heard that it is pretty good. I hope I get in to see it. I'm just working really hard on my music. I just have a lot of music and they keep on giving me some, which I love. I had a coaching today with my accompanist, Greta. She is amazing. She keeps telling me how much she loves my voice, and that I'm a tenor no matter what. My favorite quote by here is "You are a tenor as much as I am a woman." She just keeps telling me that if I find the right teacher then all will be well. Who knows what is going to happen. I'm on a break right now. I have another coaching this evening at 6:30 my time. Then I'm free but I will be going home to study for another German test that I will be having tomorrow. She wants us to go through a chapter each week. Ughhhhhhh. It is so so so so hard, but I will be fine.
I found out yesterday that Butler Choirs next year during Spring Break will be going to Greece and Italy. I don't know if I will be able to go because I heard it is a lot money, but we will see. I want to also do a program next summer in Italy. If not next summer the summer after that. Just depends if one day I win the lottery or not. I'm planning to this summer. :)
Like I said not much new here. I went to a nice pizza joint over by a friends apartment. I got a really big pizza for 5 euro. The place is called Da Capo. It was very small and interesting. I have been trying to get to know more people here. i really want to meet some Austrian. I will be meeting my language buddy next week at some social. It will be pretty fun....I hope.
Anyway I should get back to work so I can sleep tonight and not worry about my German test.
Auf Wiedersehen. I hope to update more frequently soon!!!!
Ciao
~B
Your such an idiot.
ReplyDeleteClearly you are an idiot in anything musical. I have been to Mozart's house and there is so much more then a few paintings of people who don't matter... There were original scores, costumes from the original opera, amazing art work,... you are a waste in Austria
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