a soprano's perogative

Well, in my search for an mp3 of "Have Peace, Jo" I did find a couple of YouTube postings. Even sung by a very good soprano in the context of the production, I HATE it. It is dreadfully atonal, and, it being a death aria, I don't see how I can perform it effectively, standing upright in an audition setting.

I'm sayin' NO to that one. Damn the $10 I spent on it. Perhaps it will be of use in the future...

In desperation, I looked through my familiar and well-loved art song binder, and rediscovered "Moonfall", from Drood. What a gem that little piece is, and how I loved singing it "just for fun" when I happened upon it in college - and what do you know? It was written in 1985.

We have lift-off!