The last few weeks of our season included two opportunities to engage budding opera fans. First, the Instant Opera residency at the Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts: The kids choose characters, locations and actions, and the cast takes it from there, mixing original language aria excerpts with improvised English
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Ready… Set…
Our fearless quintet of artists tackles their craziest challenge of the summer (writing and performing their own opera on the spot…) in front of the toughest audience imaginable (hundreds of kids and parents). Outdoors. To get ready, they hosted a trial run last weekend, in front of about 25 of their colleagues. This is what
Read MoreYoda, Justin & SpongeBob meet the WTOS
This past week, members of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio took their fabulous Instant Opera! improvised opera to hundreds of children in the magical part of Wolf Trap National Park called the Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods. Five years ago, I was onstage with the singers, developing this incredible project with Jim Doyle (of Comedy Sportz, and now
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10:18 am with Titania & Bottom in rehearsal “Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy, And stick musk-roses in thy sleek smooth head, And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy.” 12:34 pm: Artist Transpo A quiet moment waiting at the Hilton, catching up on email
Read MoreWTOC Announces its 2010 Season across the Blogosphere!
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 13. For advance sales and priority handling, become a Wolf Trap member. For show dates, casts, and other performance info, start here. In celebration of the announcement of WTOC’s 2010 season, I am doing guest posts and interviews in various locations across the blogosphere. Find
Read MoreCatching Up
There’s a point each summer when folks – patrons, colleagues, friends – say, “What’s wrong? You haven’t updated the blog in OVER A WEEK!” It’s like the crazy Christmas season years ago when my husband and I decided we didn’t have time to put the requisite tens of thousands of lights on the house. A
Read MoreJuly 26 – In All Its Infinite Variety!
11:30 am Lifting Weights A lovely late start, affording a long night’s sleep after a 90-hour week. (Yes, I did the math. Not to qualify for martyrdom, but to justify feeling like I’d been run over by a truck.) The day started with a touch of weights and aerobics, setting up 150 chairs in the
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