Being Cleopatra has reached 100,000 hits! Thank you all so much for all your support!
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy 1st Birthday Being Cleopatra!
Last year, Being Cleopatra was born! Being Cleopatra has blogged every single day on Cleopatra for an entire year. Can't wait to see what year 2 has in store!
...oh, and happy Thanksgiving too!!
Friday, October 28, 2011
50,000 Hits!
I am so happy Being Cleopatra has reached 50,000 hits today! I can't believe it!!
Being Cleopatra started on November 24, 2010 and has been updated every single day! It was created in order to keep tabs on everything Cleopatra as I made my CD on rare classical vocal music that portrays Cleopatra, Cleopatra's Voice.
Please, I'm in desperate need of your support! In order to continue my blogging and my singing. I would really, really appreciate your support:
Monday, September 5, 2011
It's my birthday!!
Hello everyone! It's my birthday today and I'm turning the ripe old age of 25! I must admit, usually on my birthday I feel a little depressed, since maybe I did not accomplish everything that I wanted. However, as I look over the past year, it makes me so happy. Never in my wildest dreams did I think so many amazing things could happen!
The fact the I've been blogging every single day on Being Cleopatra since November of 2010 may seem like a big accomplishment but no, there's more!
Here is a recap: Just a few days before my 24th birthday, I had just returned from my 3rd consecutive summer in Florence, Italy...I must say the 3rd summer was the best yet and made up for me having to break my streak of not returning this year. Then in February, I made my Carnegie Hall where I came in 2nd place in an international opera competition. After 10+ years of operatic training, I got a job that I never thought in a million years I would ever do, singing on a cruise ship! It was the most fun job I've ever had! I went to the Mediterranean and then to Alaska. It even made it more special that I got to bring my mommy both times...it was my little way of saying thank you for all the support she provided throughout my life!
My biggest accomplishment of them all was my debut CD Cleopatra's Voice! For those of you who do not know, Cleopatra's Voice is a CD of rare classical vocal music which portrays Cleopatra...and it's also the inspiration for this blog. The amount of work that went into it was truly a labor of love. I have always had a passion for discovering rare music because I hate that so many beautiful pieces will be left unheard.
I don't think there was a day that I even left my room...really! The amount of research I had to do for http://www.CleopatrasVoice.com on things that had never even been researched before (example: the life of composers Gaston Carraud and Paolo Litta) was an overwhelming task to take on. The other overwhelming task was getting the music for Non mi vantar gli allori by Giovanni Pacini (the 4th track on the CD). It had never been recorded, probably because the only surviving score was in the library at the Vatican! I used my meager Italian to correspond with...um...the Vatican and, to my surprise, I awoke one morning to find the 19th century handwritten manuscript scanned and sent to my email!
Alas, my job of introducing rare music to the world will go unaccomplished if no one actually listens to the CD! I make a point of not obnoxiously advertising the CD in every other post on this blog.
The money it took to make Cleopatra's Voice came from my own pocket. It was a labor of love and I absolutely loved doing it. However, I can't continue in my pursuit to introduce rare music to the world without a little help!
The greatest present of all on my birthday would be: Buy the CD...please!
Buy it now!
If opera ain't your thing, here are some other things that would also make my birthday special:
Buy it now!
If opera ain't your thing, here are some other things that would also make my birthday special:
1) Advertise to your opera lovin' friends!
2) "Like!" the page on Facebook
3) Donate! Cleopatra's Voice is the 1st of 3 CDs that will each represent an iconic woman in history...next one: rare classical vocal music that portrays Juliet (from Romeo and Juliet). I have already put hours and hours into this project, ANY donation will allow the CD to be made!!
Thank you for your continued support of Being Cleopatra and I hope you will also enjoy Cleopatra's Voice!
Thank you for your continued support of Being Cleopatra and I hope you will also enjoy Cleopatra's Voice!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
When I am not Being Cleopatra, I'm an opera singer
Believe it or not, when I am not Being Cleopatra, I'm an opera singer. Last night (Saturday February 19, 2011) I made my Carnegie Hall debut as a finalist in the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition. I sang Laudamus te from 'Messa di Gloria' by Rossini and Quando m'en vo' from 'La bohème' by Puccini. I was honored to have such a wonderful opportunity and it was a truly magical night to get to perform on a stage where so many legendary people have performed!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
If you like Being Cleopatra, then VOTE!!
If you like Being Cleopatra, I would love your vote for Best New Blog in the Weblog Awards (voting closes January 16, 2011)! Now, don't get me wrong, I tend not to be someone who cares much about competition. However, in this case, the real prize for me would simply be getting more people to come to my blog.
As I've stated in earlier posts, this blog is not only a place to share information about Cleopatra, but also to create an audience for my new CD, Cleopatra's Voice, which will be coming out in the spring of 2011. Cleopatra's Voice will include classical vocal music written about the legendary queen, Cleopatra. The majority of the pieces are very rare, many have never been recorded, and some haven't even been performed since the composer was alive. All the music has been picked and, let me tell you, the pieces are gorgeous! I really believe in this project, and your support would be greatly appreciated!
Here is how you vote:
1) Go to http://2011.bloggi.es/
2) Scroll down until you see the categories
3) Type in the title and the URL of all your favorite blogs (be sure to support your other bloggers too!!)
4) Almost at the bottom of the page is the category "Best New Weblog"
5) Under "Nominee" type BEING CLEOPATRA, under "URL" type http://BeingCleopatra.blogspot.com (as shown below)
6) Then follow the instructions at the bottom of the page to submit your ballot
Remember voting closes January 16, 2011!
Thanks again for your help, and I hope you continue reading Being Cleopatra!!
PS If you are in a voting kind of mood, be sure to click below to vote in the Blogger's Choice Awards too (:
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