“That is the terrible hour where my poor mind awakes from the short anesthesia induced by manual labor.” (Gomatz, in Zaide) As I’ve learned in these few weeks of studying and preparing Zaide, punishment was once primarily corporal – of the body. Then it became temporal – separating offenders from the rest of the world
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June 2, 2010 Mature Content Advisory Zaide is the story of a man and woman captured and held against their will in a foreign land. In this production, their love story unfolds against a frank and realistic depiction of their lives in captivity, and some scenes may be considered violent in nature. The content of
Read MoreInterrogation
As we barrel into a summer filled with young artists making their way into a demanding and complicated profession, I was pleased to see today’s entry on Seth Godin’s blog. Link to the original version here. Read on for customization. Here, my revised list of questions you should ask yourself if you’re considering or embarking
Read MoreFrom the Trap to Walhalla
The LA Opera Ring opened last weekend, and it boasts a nice selection of Trappers turned Wagnerians. Below, the list of seven WTOC alums who appeared in Saturday night’s Rheingold. Several of them return throughout the Ring, and they are joined by Alan Held as Gunther in Götterdämmerung. Richard Paul Fink, Alberich Michelle DeYoung, Fricka
Read MoreCrawling the Web for Zaide
Google alerts are part of my professional lifeblood. This month,there’s one set to notify me daily of any news with the word “Zaide” in it. This is what I have learned in the last few days: “zaide” or “zayde” is Yiddish for Grandfather. Over at “180 Days with Mozart and Me“, Bill is working his
Read MoreMattie Ullrich Designs Zaide in the Future
May 26, 2010 Mattie Ullrich Designs Zaide in the Future Click to download release here.
Read MoreLunch Music is Back
Today, the kick-off of our free lunchtime mini-concerts for staff members of the Wolf Trap Foundation. Wow, it feels good to have music back in the building!
Read MoreBastianello & Lucrezia – Monday 5/24, 7:30 pm EDT!
Two highly enjoyable performances from WTOC alumni at The Barns – streaming on the internet to a computer near you! Go to www.wolftrap.org/discovery or http://www.livestream.com/discoverygoesdigital. A couple of months ago, Rahree and I managed to produce two semi-staged one-act operas without the benefit of our usual summertime complement of amazing colleagues. We survived to tell
Read MoreGirl Power, Dancing Bears and Mondrian
Today we enjoyed a lovely lunchtime picnic at the warehouse with the staff of the scenic and costume shops. We noted tons of girl power at play this summer across the intern and seasonal staff positions. Technical Director Tim McCormick says “I just hired the best people, that’s all.” ‘Nuff said. This afternoon, the Zaide
Read MoreInspecting: Done, done, and done.
The Inspector workshop lasted just six days -intense, full of laughter, and infused by the good will and hard work of our cast and staff. Any just description deserves more time and space than I can afford here, already engulfed as I am by the beginning of our summer season. Let it be said that
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