Posts Categorized: 2015 Season

Ghosts Beyond The Barns

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There was only one thing wrong with last summer’s production of The Ghosts of Versailles. Only 1,300 people got to see it. We were blessedly sold out in our jewel box theatre (The Barns at Wolf Trap), and there was a beautifully enthusiastic response from the local fan base and from colleagues who traveled to Virginia (as well

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Ciao, Summer 2015

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Our young artists have already departed for wherever their next adventures take them – places like Los Angeles, Zurich, New York, Houston, Phoenix, Berlin, Washington and more. Over 10,000 audience members enjoyed our 2015 season operas and concerts, and I hope you were among them. Lee Anne, Morgan and I are taking a couple of

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Day 82: Setting Butterfly Free

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My work is done. Literally thousands of hours of prep done by hundreds of people have led us here. This is always a bittersweet moment for those in the performing arts, and even moreso when doing a big show whose opening night is the same as its closing night. Congratulations to all of the folks who shepherded

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Butterfly Photo LiveBlog: T-10

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All’s quiet downstairs at the Filene Center. Clockwise from upper left: Wigs awaiting geishas, Cio-Cio San’s kimono, origami cranes in the musicians’ lounge, my office for the day, Act I props.

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