Hi! I have a few moments tonight while the singers slave away at their sitzprobe (literally "seated rehearsal"- and that's what it's called in America, too!). That's when the singers and the orchestra get together and just do the music without the staging.
So a bit of a reprieve. Which is good because yesterday and this morning I really felt like I was coming down with something. I think it must be a combination of the crazy dusty theater, the mold in this apartment, the pollen, and not sleeping so well. (The other night I woke up at 4am to finish a scene-by-scene description of the opera for the dancers, tech people, and costume people. I have to say that I rather enjoyed that, though. It made me feel like super girl. "I can do anything!" But probably not so healthy.)
Anyway, the fun part is coming up. We have our first dress rehearsal tomorrow. We meet the falcon on Monday. Jeremy is coming on Tuesday, and he'll stay to see the public dress and hang out with me on our day off.
My two favorite parts out of the opera that I perform are this little 16 measure dance at the top of Act II with a bird on my hand (my little puppet!), and my pantomime of Persephone in Orlando's mad scene. I'm behind a scrim, and start out nice, but then become menacing. What a mad scene!! Handel really pulled out all the stops-- there is no other piece of baroque music like it (I think). Time signature changes and schitzophrenic singing.
The flying chariot is totally awesome.
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Sarah- you make me want to go into hock and fly over to see it! you may be schizo by the end of this! I am glad you are enjoying (and also not enjoying) this new experience. I don't suppose you could tape it...... I have 10 Euros i could contribute!
Hi Kathy! Yeah, I just love opera for the exploration of the extremes of the human condition. They are taping it for archival purposes, but they are not giving copies to anyone. It's too tricky with the rights of the orchestra and all the singers...
Hope you're feeling better. I'm glad Jeremy is coming to see you and the dress rehearsal. The show sounds terrific. Too bad about not distributing copies of the taping. You're more like your mother than you realize - up at 4:00 AM!
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