daniel smith

Well, today was the last main day of musical rehearsals (with the soloists and piano). Who knows what tomorrow holds! All I know is that we are moving to a new venue a few suburbs away, I think for staging rehearsals. This morning I finally bought a scarf, it’s a beautiful light cream coloured cashmere [...]

Today was a much needed day off. Just to recouperate a little energy and catch up on many chores (cleaning, washing, ironing, etc) and emails! Otherwise much study most of the day. It’s still quite cold here but ever so slowly starting to warm up. Being part of this opera is just incredible in every [...]

I am sorry I couldn’t write last night – we had a special dinner on and it went rather late! Thus, this morning we had off so I put it to very good use (of course studying) but also shopping! This morning was 1 degree celcius so I needed a very warm jacket. I guess [...]

Currently it’s 2 degrees celcius. Today it started to snow. I’m thinking I should have bought a jacket after all. At the moment, my whole body is angry with my brain. I guess my brain has it easy, it’s all warm inside surrounded by everything else! Today was day one of rehearsals for Verdi’s La [...]

Today, my last day of freedom was actually quite lonely. There are just some things in life that you miss so much. Today it was raining constantly all day so apart from a visit to the supermarket which was essential, I stayed indoors. Sometimes it’s hard to find motivation. It is interesting how fast one [...]

Sunday in Rome – not much is open. Today is my third day here, always the third day has the worst jetlag I think and this was no exception :P Lots of study today and again went for a walk. Was colder today. It’s usually quite cool in the morning and then in the afternoon [...]

What do you think of my pasta? Tonight, my first dinner in Rome and I cooked it myself :P Casarecce Caprese (A special type of pasta with tomatoes, basil and crumbled mozzarella). Tonight’s cooking reminded me that sometimes I can be a little clumsy around the kitchen. I call tonight’s dish, Sore Pasta :P It [...]

It’s currently 7.30pm here in Rome (5.30am in Sydney) and I am about to fall asleep. Can hardly keep my eyes open. The flight from Singapore to Rome was perhaps the best I have had to date in terms of service which really made the trip a lot easier. Upon arrival in Rome, caught the [...]