carmen 3 September 2010
i had a tremendous dream last night/this morning that i was just about to be cast as Carmen in a new ENO production and i passed through a series of auditions singing very well indeed. it made me long all the more to be able to do just that and not just ‘hold a tune’. then, as is the way of these things, the dream moved on into a pub siege where i secured money for ‘hardware’ to fight the baddies (who were invading the place) by rifling through the purses of women who had to give up ransom money for their kids (NO idea where that came from – perhaps i am reading too many thrillers right now?) AND i even took the time to ridicule those poor unfortunates who’d even given up the refund on their bus tickets to secure the release of their nearest and dearest (i assume they had been released as they were nowhere in evidence in the pub)…it all means that i was of dodgy dealings too, of course, not just the villains who were all set for a shoot-out with me and my cohorts (and yes, i did feel a bit like peggy mitchell out of TV’s ‘Eastenders’ just then, and i have the vaguest feeling i looked like her too…) though i’d still prefer to be able to sing opera well…
