Hadestown's watching game
I've been in the chorus for community opera companies. One thing a director said to us that stuck with me was:
Someone out there is seeing it for the first time. Someone out there is seeing it for the last time.
(This applies more to an opera warhorse like La Traviata than to Hadestown, of course.)
Excellent posting, Jacob, a view of the world where acting and music intertwine in the same space, a view that the vast majority of us never see.
Very interesting post. Now I’m going to get tix to the show in the fall hoping you’ll be on stage as well.
Fascinating peek backstage and front. Every job has repetition; I think it's the interaction with co-workers (in this case artists) that makes performance fresh
I've been in the chorus for community opera companies. One thing a director said to us that stuck with me was:
Someone out there is seeing it for the first time. Someone out there is seeing it for the last time.
(This applies more to an opera warhorse like La Traviata than to Hadestown, of course.)
Excellent posting, Jacob, a view of the world where acting and music intertwine in the same space, a view that the vast majority of us never see.
Very interesting post. Now I’m going to get tix to the show in the fall hoping you’ll be on stage as well.
Fascinating peek backstage and front. Every job has repetition; I think it's the interaction with co-workers (in this case artists) that makes performance fresh