The gited singer speaks about the emotional and physical demands of the role
Smith has been in Johannesburg with her company since 11 July rehearsing relentlessly for the three performances that are taking place here. Photo suppliedLucia di LammermoorThe 29-year-old Fleur du Cap-winning star will give a spectacular performance as the tragic heroine Lucia in one of the most demanding roles in opera.
During the three hour, 15 minute-long opera — two acts with a 30-minute interval — Smith will be off stage for only 20 minutes. For the rest of the time she will be singing, acting, dancing, running up and down and remembering complex moves. “A lot of people didn’t expect it, back in Cape Town,” Smith tells me on a Zoom chat this week. “They didn’t expect just how real and raw it was going to be.
“You need to be singing fit, you need to be athletic fit as well, because it’s like you’re running the entire time, for three hours.” “I usually spend about, depending on how big a thing I have to do … between 30 to 45 minutes, just warming up my voice, stretching my vocal cords.” “I get my muscles activated, my back muscles, my stomach muscles.”
She sings me the phrase “he hasn’t arrived yet” first in Italian and then in English to illustrate, and then explains: “You need to know how, where to put stresses, how long to extend a word over, you know, a bar or over a couple of notes, in order for it to make sense.”
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