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…in the form of a very long slideshow. Enjoy. Can’t share any audio yet (you really do have to hear this to believe it), but I promise to stream some (really!) by the end of the week.

Daniel Anderson (Lysander, Sailor)Sean Arnold (Novice)Timothy Beenken (Dansker, Tarquinius)Sean Brabant (Quint)Timothy Campbell (Billy, Roman)Patrick Cook (Male Chorus)Tracy Cox (Lucretia)Julia Cramer (Tytania, Roman)Thomas Florio (Claggart, Roman)Katherine Giaquinto (Governess, Puck)Sarah Larsen (Hermia, Roman)Timothy McDevitt (Demetrius, Sailor)Celine Mogielnicki (Miss Jessel)Christopher Newcomer (Oberon)Brittany Wheeler (Female Chorus)Ina Woods (Helena) Eric Melear, ConductorGeorge Cederquist, Stage DirectorGrant Loehnig and Tamara Sanikidze, Pianists

Do Not Disturb the Composer.Bitte nicht stören! Leaning on the diva’s dressing room door Tanzmeister & Musiklehrer Brighella & Scaramuccio Echo as Brunnhilde Props! The troupe rehearses Instant MessageNo matter how exciting it is here, it’s obviously more exciting somewhere else… (12:16:06 PM): just doing Siegfried(12:16:15 PM): we had 2 feet of flooding in the

Can you say, “I was here at 10:15 am for a microphone check that never happened?”Such a pleasant group, considering. Getting ready for Fidelio.(The dude in the polo shirt doesn’t have to sing until the 9th Symphony.) Alle Menschen werden Brüder Swan songs… Two of them have expired :( (The tenor still has another summer

There’s probably absolutely nothing new I could post here on the subject of auditioning. Four years of audition tour blogging has pretty much tapped out the topic. As I was considering the prospect of reigning over an Open Studio audition class this morning, it felt as if I had absolutely nothing to say. I haven’t

This morning we kicked off the 2008 version of Open Studio. For 5 days we offer an opportunity for Wolf Trap donors to see inside the workings of our newest venture – the Wolf Trap Opera Studio. All sessions begin with an introduction by WTOS’ fearless leader Josh Winograde. (Who will momentarily leave us for

It’s so difficult to communicate those things that are most important. We have 3 weeks to go yet, but I am already partially in the post-season game of trying to characterize what happened here in these 14 weeks that are WTOC 2008. I’m ahead of myself partially because the minute the curtain comes down, it

Using a rare day off to make a day trip to Pennsylvania is risky. But I managed to get a good night’s sleep, enjoyed a relaxing day with family on the farm, and gorged on sweet corn that went from stalk to table in 5 minutes. (If you’ve ever eaten any, you know what I

My boss AMM is fond of marveling (as she should) at the “soundtrack of her life.” Thus, this sampling of my 24-hour soundtrack, here in the home stretch of July 2008. July 25, 8:45 pmBalcony scene from West Side Story, compliments of DA and LC, in concert with the National Symphony. July 25, 9:48 pmLa