May 16, 2012
by Kim
Mozart is about to invade my life again. Giovanni staff arrive next week, and singers arrive on the 29th. As I do research for my preshow talk (Inside the Opera with Kim Witman! Wildly exciting and scarily informative!), I’ve been … Continue reading
April 27, 2012
by Kim
This week’s Huffington Post blog is up: The Don Juan Mirror. I spent all of last week laid up with a respiratory flu and am having trouble getting my groove back… I promise to be back in this space next … Continue reading
February 21, 2011
by admin
The Opera Company moved into its new home at The Barns in the summer of 1982, with productions of Cosi fan tutte and a double bill of Haydn’s Lo speziale (seen at left) and Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat. They also … Continue reading
February 17, 2011
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The 1981 season was a bit more conservative than the previous summer’s offerings. The Filene Center was host to two performances of Figaro, in a production rented from New York City Opera. Donald Gramm returned to the Company as a … Continue reading
January 6, 2011
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Guest artists Phyllis Curtin, Norman Treigle and John Fiorito led a Figaro cast that included Wolf Trap Company young artists in supporting roles for two performances in September 1972. It was the beginning of a long and wonderful relationship with … Continue reading
July 14, 2010
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I’m a mother. Of two grown children. And although I work consciously to keep that part of my identity separate from my work, there is the inevitable overlap. I unfortunately have little patience for educators/administrators/mentors who take their roles to … 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 15, 2010
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Over the last week I’ve had more honest and provocative conversations with our patrons than I’ve had in years. Some are intrigued and others are outraged. Although I’d prefer to avoid the latter, it’s the flip side of the same … 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 7, 2010
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“Remember, this is the curse of being alive: Every man has his own pain. Let us sing, let us laugh, for no one can change this.” The Slave Chorus in Zaide The Serenity Prayer was so much a part of … Continue reading