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I don’t know if I’ve ever been the onstage recipient of the kind of audience response that greeted last night’s Bastianello & Lucrezia performances.  We who toil in the fields of “classical” music often go through entire evenings onstage wondering if anyone in the audience is really with us.  Of course, we sometimes find out

Bastianello and Lucrezia both have their Wolf Trap premieres tomorrow night.  Here, a few moments from today’s dress rehearsal. Bastianello photos credit Christina Schnoor Lucrezia photos credit Lee Anne Myslewski Thanks, ladies!

I was looking forward to this week’s Bastianello & Lucrezia rehearsals so that I could report from the front lines.  It was clearly delusional thinking, for the last 6 days have left no time at all for writing. As one can only do in a small company (and I know that many of you out

As in, Saturday, March 13. Start here: www.wolftrap.org/wtoc

The 2010 internship applicant pool is deep.  Fathoms upon fathoms of highly qualified, ambitious, smart, personable young people.  I would not have been the least bit competitive with these folks when I was in my early 20’s.  By these standards, I was a complete slacker and nonstarter. This embarrassment of riches undoubtedly says something about

I’m spending most of the week translating the Zaide dialogue, revisiting what has become a familiar 3-pronged approach. 1. What Does It Mean? Accuracy first, of course.  For this phase, my Berlin Correspondent is invaluable.  I crash through the text, dispatching a chunk of it fairly easily, churning out multiple options for other sections, then

I’ve lately been  considering putting the second half of my general job description in quotes.  As in Arts “Management”.  It’s not that the verb “manage” feels like an overstatement, it just never seems to begin to describe this amazing dance that we do. I was pleased to read this recent post on Bob Sutton’s Work

With thanks to Michael Rushton, here’s my excerpted and twisted take on The Guardian’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. (My edits in green) There’s no free lunch. Writing [singing] is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but essentially you’re on your own. Nobody is

Quick post from my phone to congratulate the LSO and our Billy Budd colleagues on the Grammy win. We were and are honored to be in such amazing company! Now, on to the big evening ceremony. Let the fun begin!