It ain't over til the....

...much-less-fat-than-she-used-to-be lady sings! Or at least, that's what I'm currently telling myself.

Having toyed quietly with the idea of trying to turn the singing "career" up a notch for quite a while now, I'm beginning to get the sense that it might all be a bit late. I watched the Cardiff Singer of the World last weekend and was really pleased to see a great Russian soprano win. Interestingly, she sang much of the repertoire that I had done for a Fellowship diploma a couple of years ago. This got me to thinking.... Am I good enough to do this full-time? Or would I only ever be a pale imitation of someone like that?

I think that I could stand a chance (as much as the next soprano, anyway) but age appears to be working against me. The Cardiff Singer of the World website gives the rules on age that I would have been 6 months too old to enter this competition and therefore will be 2 and a half years too old next time around. Other competitions and opportunities remain open to me and I'll go for these but it's all starting to feel like it might be now or never.

The irony is that, had I gone for it a few years ago, I genuinely don't think that I'd have been good enough. My voice is constantly changing and developing but is in the best shape it has been ever at the moment. But as the voice matures, so do I and that might be enough to stick a spanner in the works....