DISCOVER YOUR REAL POTENTIAL
Massimo Murru has always had a very faithful following due to his thoughtful and rigorous approach to every role he has tackled in his career, and his artistic honesty, almost to the point of intransigence. It is a quality appreciated by Sylvie Guillem, among many other colleagues, who have wanted to work alongside him. He is now approaching retirement and several of his faithful fans have sought to ensure that he has a last performance as Onegin before he finally puts his flatties aside.
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1. Genre or sub-genre
2. The “scene”
3. Your influences
4. Place of origin
5. Time
6. A through-line
7. Instrumentation
8. Theme
9. Lyrical focus
10. Set lists
11. Catalog
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Another experience that its ups and downs was Offerman’s small role in Sin City, in which he shared a scene with Bruce Willis — who Offerman has both praise and criticism for. He explains, “I’m a huge fan of comic books and graphic novels. It was a really big deal to audition for Robert Rodriguez in a hotel room at the Four Seasons. I didn’t hear anything for two months and then I got a call, ‘You got the job.’ I was over the moon. Getting to work with Bruce Willis was a great education, both good and bad. He’s amazing at what he does, but he’s perhaps not the greatest collaborator. We spent a lot more time with his stunt double. Bruce would come in at the end and say the line once and then go back to his trailer. It was a — or not treat them.”
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Dallas Opera General Director Keith Cerny had a lot to say about the issue of women being looked over for the industry’s top jobs,
“I think there are some individuals who are opposed to the idea of women leaders, whether on the podium or running large opera companies. Fortunately, there aren’t that many of those people, but there’s certainly some. But, more generally, I think it’s an issue where, because there’s fewer women in those positions, search committees and general directors and symphony CEOs don’t tend to think so much about hiring women for those opportunities.”
There are two kinds of beliefs that you inadvertently use to limit yourself…
1.-Self-imposed limits
These are limits you place on yourself. They come in the form of negative mind chatter suggesting you’re not good enough, not worthy of success, not pretty enough, not tall enough, not [fill in the blank] enough…
2. Limits from other people
REMEMBER, limiting thoughts are contagious, like a virus.
How to escape the cycle of limitations
First, allow yourself to recognize these limiting beliefs (both the self-limiting ones and the ones you pick up from others).
Look for beliefs you want to model. Take notes and find nuggets of encouragement – views that make you feel good, and help you become aware of the thoughts that make you feel bad.
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BBC Music Magazine interviews Maria João Pires on the workshop that took place in the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo [ Art Director, Laura Richaud] last November. The intensive workshop was conducted by Maria João Pires, Miloš Popović, Julien Brocal and Giuseppe Ravì.
