March 7, 2012
by Kim
This post in Anne Midgette’s Classical Beat blog (on the topic of this NY Times review) has stayed with me for several days, but I’ve had a difficult time deciding why. It is not my intention to take on the writer, … Continue reading
July 28, 2010
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On Sunday afternoon, we turned the theatre over to our studio singers, fellows and interns. 75 minutes of scenes from 7 operas in 4 languages were sung, played, supertitled, and stage-managed by folks whose average age couldn’t have topped 23. … Continue reading
June 24, 2010
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Each of our four Zaide audiences chose their own ending to Mozart’s unfinished opera. By the Numbers For the statisticians out there, overall voter turnout was 90%. And of the three available endings, audiences chose: ENLIGHTENMENT (simple, happy ending) won … Continue reading
June 10, 2010
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Anne Midgette previews Zaide in today’s Washington Post: Wolf Trap Lets Audience Choose the Ending to Mozart’s Unfinished Opera Zaide. Completely with amazing photo by WTOC conductor and Wolf Trap Opera Studio Manager Eric Melear! 4 shows, starting tomorrow night. … Continue reading
June 9, 2010
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June 9, 2010 Wolf Trap Lets Audience Choose Ending to Mozart’s Unfinished Opera The Washington Post previews our new production of Zaide, which opens our 2010 summer season this weekend! Click Here.
April 21, 2010
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If you aren’t already following Adaptistration‘s annual Take a Friend to the Orchestra blog series, you should check it out. I contributed a few years ago, and every year Drew taps a terrific range of writers to talk about their … Continue reading
January 25, 2010
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Special (Merriam-Webster): distinguished by some unusual quality. Life’s a Pitch just finished a week hosting a virtual panel on when and how artists, managers, journalists, presenters and publicists single out musicians for being “special” in their promotion and career-building efforts. … Continue reading
January 6, 2010
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I wear my Marketing and Box Office hats a lot in January. (Good thing, too, for it’s bloody freezing around here. I need all the clothing I can find.) All of the music that surrounded us during the audition and … Continue reading
January 4, 2010
by admin
The happiest of new years to one and all! Strictly speaking, I know it’s not a new decade, but it feels like it is. And that’s good. I’m back at my desk after a miraculously restful 11 days away from … Continue reading
August 8, 2009
by admin
The perfect positive storm for the end of our season – Puccini’s Boheme, Operascape production, NSO, Wolf Trap Opera, and some of the best weather of the summer. Resulted in standing ovation from just under 6,000 folks – a huge … Continue reading