I'm back in the UK, and have been for a couple of days. Before I travelled to Bulgaria I was telling the wife, family and friends that I was not expecting to progress to the second round of the competition, and this turned out to be the case.
Am I disappointed? Well, in fact I am. Some entrants to the competition were standing in front of an opera orchestra and singers for the first time, others were very experienced. I watched almost everyone conduct and I thought that I had a reasonable chance of getting through.
Some of the conductors were excellent, and I felt should progress to the final. I have noted their names but I don't think it would be sensible to publish them here. Two I admired very much, they had clear technique, cued the singers, led and responded well.
I will be interested to see the results, if the conductors I admired didn't get through it would suggest that the panel have different ideas on how to conduct opera from mine. I shall then have something interesting to think about!
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