The principals came into town on Monday night. Poor Jill Gardner (Manon) was delayed a number of times and didn’t make it until after 9pm! So we went ahead and worked through most of Act 1 without her. On Tuesday we finished Act 1 and worked on Act 3 with an impending blizzard bearing down on Michigan. Wednesday was Act 2 and now we have to go back over everything to make sure we all know what we are doing. Act 4 doesn’t involve the chorus so the principals will work on those scenes during the daytime rehearsals with Maestro Lyall. From what I could hear from my office this afternoon, I do believe that Marco and Jill were going over Act 4 today. On Friday night we will run the whole show for the Tech people to watch and on Saturday we will sing the whole opera with the Grand Rapids Symphony for the first time. I always love that first sing with the orchestra because it really brings the music to life.
Hopefully we won’t encounter any more storms to interrupt our drama.
Hopefully we won’t encounter any more storms to interrupt our drama.
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