[Victoria]

That makes me feel much better, Philippa. Thanks so much and good luck for your rehearsal tonight.

Well, they have given me the list (but not the parts 🙁 ). There’s
Barcarolle (Belle nuit o nuit d’amour) from Tales of Hoffman
Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix from Samson and Delilah
Tu, tu piccolo odio from Madame Butterfly

I can only find the scores from IMSLP. Are the harp part reasonably easy?

[Victoria]

Thanks so much for the reply everyone and thank you Philippa for your tips!

They only told me that it would be excerpts from the Operas La Boheme and Turandot, but haven’t told me the specific pieces that are going to be played. I have looked at IMSLP and found there’s no harp part for those, only the score. So I tried writing out the part for the most famous Arias that is likely going to be played, e.g. Nessun Dorma, and start practicing it.

Problem is they only have like 3 days of consecutive rehearsals, and then the concert. So that gives me practically just 3 days to learn the part, should I get it in the first rehearsal 🙁

By the way, what other pieces are usually played from those 2 operas? I also find it fascinating that the other instruments sound so good from the first rehearsal, and most of the time they have much more parts that we harpists do. Are they all so great at sight reading? Sometimes it makes me feel lacking.

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