This afternoon’s Vocal Colors concert was a real treat. Beautiful modern art from The Phillips Collection paired with a most excellent range of songs. Jamie-Rose sang Wolf, Barber, Gordon and Strauss; Catherine gave us DuParc, Heggie, Sondheim and Williams (DAR:)); and Ed offered Finzi, Schubert and Faure. Oh, and Jeremy tore up the piano in
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08.01.10
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 MoreFusion: Vocal Colors
FUSION (noun): a merging of diverse, distinct, or separate elements into a unified whole Etymology: from fusus, pp. of fundere “pour, melt” Thursday was all about melding music and visual art. Melting the colors in the art until they became harmonies, words, and melodies. Pouring the music back into the paintings until they became wholly
Read MoreThe Song Recipe
The process of preparing an opera is largely additive. Learn the role inside-out, annotate and memorize. Then show up for rehearsal. Add blocking, props, costumes, sets, orchestra. Amplify and enhance until the glorious whole is bigger than the sum of its many complicated parts. Present to an audience primed for being transported out and away
Read MoreVocal Colors – A Vibrant Fusion of Arts Onstage
July 6, 2010 Vocal Colors – A Vibrant Fusion of Arts Onstage Click to download release here.
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 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
Read MoreVocal Colors II: Billings & Baitzer
For the second (and final!) time this summer, our artists engage in a musical dialogue with paintings from The Phillips Collection. Tomorrow (Thursday 6/18) at 1:00pm, baritone Daniel Billings and pianist Michael Baitzer treat Wolf Trap staff and guests to a mini-recital inspired by the likes of Renoir, Hartley, Manet, Degas, and Hopper. Songs of Tchaikovsky,
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