The Songbird of Vienna - a little taste of the story
Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 8:10AM As everybody knows by now, I will be performing The Songbird of Vienna at the SOAS Spring Recital on Friday, March 24th.
My show is a story told in verse. There is no singing in my show! The songbird of the title is certainly not me. I'm a horrible singer.
But here is a taste of the story:
It's the late 1800's in Vienna, the glittering capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Famed as a musical powerhouse, the city has been home to such spectacular talents past and present as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Strauss. Hopeful young composers flock there but not all of them find success. One of the unlucky is Franz. Having given up, his dreams crushed, Franz is waiting for a coach to take him back to his hometown when he discovers a baby bird in distress. He rescues this tiny spark of life. One thing leads to another and through this small act of kindness his fortunes change. Luck, hard work and inspiration, love, friendship and confidence all play their roles on the way to a happy ending.
This is a story for anyone who has ever felt the joy of rescuing an animal and seeing it thrive - and it's a story for anyone who has ever dreamed a dream and tried to make that dream come true.
Michelle Merlindt