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For context on this post, go here. My first full Così was at Washington National Opera in 1989 (then The Washington Opera, a.k.a. TWO, when I was a proud member of the TWOTWO’s – The Women of The Washington Opera). I was the only pianist/coach assigned to the show, and the conductor was one of

Overture In a previous life, I worked for several years in the mental health field. Shortly after I transitioned to the opera business (yes, as I’m often told, not a change of career, just a change of venue…), Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences became all the rage. I bought all of his books and

The Twitterverse is holding an opera plot contest – a re-run of last month’s informal contest, this time with official judging and prizes! To join the fun, start here. If you want to join the fun but you don’t tweet, start here. The gist of it? Reduce an opera synopsis to 130 characters. Amazing to

On this beautiful summery spring day, I’m inappropriately excited about this short blog entry. (Go ahead, click on it; it won’t take long.) This isn’t Schadenfreude, for I bear no ill will to our symphonic neighbors to the east. I’m just happy that he noticed that Wolf Trap is still in there swingin’. The Filene

I have a new office neighbor here at Wolf Trap, just a few doors down. Thanks to generous donations, we were recently able to expand our music library, and I’m anxious to share it with this year’s WTOC members. The library itself is a relatively recent addition to our operation, but it has grown quickly

I’m emerging from a few days of manipulating databases, and my right brain is out there foraging for food. So I was an easy target for this week’s YouTube phenom, Susan Boyle. The incongruity is inescapable. Forget the fact that her stage savvy is non-existent. I’m astonished by the fact that a woman with so

I’m cleaning out my blog drafts folder – notes that I’ve made to myself and never fleshed out for a full post. Enjoy this, a random brain dump from last autumn’s audition application process: Please, dark/black font color only. Occasionally your resumé gets printed or photocopied, and the sexy light blue text disappears. When you

I am in the zone… writing supertitles, shepherding preseason production meetings, preparing to welcome artists. Opera. This is what I do. The rest of it is the price I pay for what I do. :) In spite of the fact that I run a company, I am so not a typical opera fan. Talking about

Some unfinished thoughts for a Monday. Ever since Seth Godin wrote about the “Passion Pop Gulf” (almost a year ago!), I’ve not been able to get it out of my head. The Gulf is a no-man’s-land, and I’m obsessed with how to stay out of it. Read the original post (it’ll only take you a

Many months ago, I bookmarked Greg Sandow’s post about English supertitle translations of Italian operas, and then I asked Wolf Trap’s own Italian guru Franca Gorraz to respond to some of the issues Greg raised. It’s all on my mind today as I dive into what will grace the supertitle screens in this summer’s Così