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"Voi che sapete" from The Marriage of Figaro, a transatlantic collaboration

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AndrewH

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This one is from my regular orchestra. The pandemic gave us the rare opportunity to work with a highly sought-after opera star, and this is the result. Members of the Camellia Symphony Orchestra (in California) and mezzo-soprano Katija Dragojevic (in Sweden) present Cherubino's aria "Voi che sapete" from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro.

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AndrewH - Really nice, a special treat with Katija!

Very interesting with all the pizzacato.

Thank you for sharing your (& your Orchestra's) performance - you've been busy! How's the shoulder holding up?

- Emily

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That made my morning a lot more cheerful.

Thanks for sharing, Andrew.

Peter

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Inspiring!

Thanks for posting this.

AndrewH

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ELCB said

Thank you for sharing your (& your Orchestra's) performance - you've been busy! How's the shoulder holding up?

I haven't played at all in two weeks. I actually recorded this video the last week of July.

What was going on was: I was mostly recovered in May and June, but then re-injured the shoulder in a car accident in July where I was rear-ended while stopped at a red light. I kept practicing (but limited my practice time) until the end of a 6-week online viola technique bootcamp I was doing, and recorded some virtual orchestra videos during that time, then decided to take a few weeks off from the viola.