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A look in the rear-view mirror at the recent Inspector from Rome workshop: The Goal We set out to put Act One of this new opera “on its feet,” since that’s the only real way to figure out what works and what doesn’t (and everything in between). We get a chance to adjust the piece

The reality of producing and playing a workshop has eclipsed (well, smashed…) any hopes of systematically blogging about it. I will have to do so in the past tense. Later this week when the dust settles. We’ve been working steadily all week, and colleagues from OTSL (with whom we co-commissioned Inspector) arrive today for our

Tuesday, February 10… …. Act 1 Scene 3 of An Inspector from Rome, where we get to know the Mayor’s wife (“Shoes… Hats… Gowns!”) and daughter. … Day 6 of the Inspector from Rome workshop where your friendly blogger is hit with some mild variety of flu virus. Arms and neck aching badly during rehearsal

Act I Scene 2 of the Inspector from Rome workshop this weekend. Liam (he said I could use his real name:)) and Dominic (he didn’t say, but I’m sure he won’t mind) are in town, playing Tancredi (the guy who is mistaken for the government inspector) and his sidekick Ossipo. (I always thought that Ossipo

I’m in my happy place (literally), at the piano. Playing An Inspector from Rome. We are workshopping Act One of this brand-new-only-partially-born opera by John Musto and Mark Campbell. If you were lucky enough to catch their Volpone in 2004 or 2007, you’ll not want to miss Inspector in 2010. An Inspector from Rome is

Kind of like a snow day, but not as long. And not as much fun… The office opened late yesterday, and I took advantage of the reprieve to dig into the score of the new opera for which I’m playing a workshop next week. (Gulp.) But there was this irritating squeak between the C# and