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GOING UNDERGROUND 14 May 2010 | 06:38 am
Today I went underground. Thankfully it had nothing to do with entering the witness protection program and everything to do with visiting our wardrobe department. They are comfortably ensconced in th...
A LITTLE MADNESS IN THE SPRING 12 May 2010 | 07:24 am
We are 9 days away from opening night, people. Pretty soon, we'll be out of the rehearsal hall and on stage. But not before I got some snapshots... Suck it, Edgardo! Lucia is mine now--and we have th...
WE'RE ALL MAD HERE 7 May 2010 | 11:39 am
At rehearsal of the "mad scene"... Sometimes opera rehearsals just look like really awkward meetings--where there's guns and knifes. Nili: Oh, Tomer, you're the best director EVER! Tomer: All I'm do...
FOR NEWBIES 6 May 2010 | 07:36 am
I like to think I'm the inspiration for this event (even though they maligned my species as afraid of opera, which clearly I'm not.) Nonetheless, I will be there, and if you haven't tried opera before...
THE ONLY TIME YOU'LL HEAR OUR OPERA SINGERS ON MICROPHONES 30 Apr 2010 | 05:12 am
You would think opera singers would be the loudest talkers ever. I mean, their singing voice can powerfully carry through a huge theater. But, no. Maybe they just save their voices for all the singing...
THE MADNESS BEGINS 28 Apr 2010 | 06:17 am
Rehearsals for Lucia di Lammermoor have begun! Here's a few of the peeps I will be hanging out with for the next few weeks, as they prepare for the stage: Don't let the smile fool you--Jordan Shanaha...
OPERA,, LITERALLY 24 Apr 2010 | 08:18 am
Opera...Literature...some of the finer things in life. (And by finer, I mean "good," not snootier.) We get to combine the two often at Opera Cleveland. For instance, our Meet the Cast events are held ...
LUCIA, MINI-ME STYLE 21 Apr 2010 | 01:50 am
It's rare that I get to do a big reveal on this here blog, but today...today is different. (And not because it's 4/20.) It happens to be exactly one month from opening night of Lucia di Lammermoor, an...
DEAR BLOG 15 Apr 2010 | 08:13 am
I miss you. I hope we can be together soon. Lurve, Carl .
A CHORUS LINE 8 Apr 2010 | 02:03 am
I'm a 9-5 kind of chicken. (And it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.) So I'm often not around when our chorus rehearses for a production, which is typically in the evenings. Thus, they are derived of the ...
