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Specifically, numbers on artist contracts. These numbers aren’t the ones you’d expect to see. You’re probably thinking dollar signs. Or perhaps dates. Not so. These are the numbers you see when you step on the bathroom scale. It’s not a new phenomenon at all, but I wonder if its prevalence is on the rise. First

(A wordle representation of life so far this summer at the WTOC blog.) Wagner at 21 We dabbled (successfully, I feel) in early Verdi, so I’ve been watching with interest as Glimmerglass tries their hand (successfully, it seems) with early Wagner. Check it out. Wish I could make a trip to Cooperstown. I also wish

I stayed home from the office today so I could write the Ariadne supertitles. Remember how cocky I was last spring when I finished Giorno months early? Well, Alcina was barely done in time, and now Ariadne is sneaking in under the wire. It took 11 hours, but draft #1 is done! Over these next

I’ve been put on notice. WiseSoprano says that my recent blog posts (and recent Facebook status updates) need a serious attitude adjustment. I admit, I’ve been pretty tired and cranky lately. And since I tend to get to the blog after midnight, it doesn’t have a prayer of being perky. But Pollyanna is back, and

Take note of the name: Wolf Trap Opera Company. In spite of recent evidence to the contrary, we are neither the Wolf Trap Song Company nor the Wolf Trap Comedy Improv Company. We did close one opera this week and begin rehearsals for another, but these last few days have been dominated by some wonderful

I first felt at home in this business when I discovered Eloise Ristad’s A Soprano on Her Head. I had fallen into the opera world completely unintentionally, and it was as confounding as it was intriguing. But with this book I actually felt that there might be a place for me here. However, there was

Saturday’s concert with Steven Blier is called Tales from the Vienna Woods. The play on words is much appreciated here in the wilds of Vienna (Virginia). And the music is peerless. Funny how different my perspective is, this time around. Steve did this same concert here 14 years ago, and I was involved in its

The creation of tomorrow’s schedule took half of today. What’s that about? We desperately need a computer program (hint hint) to streamline this process. 36 people, 6 locations, 4 projects, 11 hours. The schedule itself is an internal document, but the proofing worksheet (at left) isn’t. Bob Fincheimer, where are you? This is indeed the

This morning, in the woods, Tinkerbell and Mikey Mouse learned to use a light sabre for good purposes… …and an astronaut shaved his beard so he could fly his next mission! And tonight at The Barns, we made our final departure from Alcina’s island. It truly was a magical place.