He was also a joy to direct - in my broken German and Italian and his English. Being musical used to be important, now it's a rare event.Ħ) Otto's Nemorino in 'Elixir of Love', Wichita Grand Opera: His American debut in the middle of Kansas was sung impeccably well. Garry and his dopplegänger caused critics to practically pee their pants!ĩ) The Dance of the Blessed Spirits from 'Orpheus', Opera Memphis: Orchestra and Dancers were beautiful, as were the lights cues! Michael Ching and his vision (unique to opera) will be sorely missed down in the land of incredible BBQ.Ĩ) 'The Rake's Progress', Opera McGill: Amazing work from Mo Wachner, the chorus and terrific student performances, including Nick Shadow's demise - Sly at his most sly and riveting.ħ) Tinervia's Tarquinias' aria during Opera McGill's 'Death by Aria': one of the most musical moments I've been a part of in a long while. Hard to do, eh?!ġ0) 'Hänsel und Gretel', Opera McGill: A very simple premise (children's own artwork) caused audience members to weep with joy. The following lists stem from my experiences with Opera during the past year, no other criteria was used. Plus there were all of those letters of recommendation to write. My only excuse is that I've been rather busy - at Opera McGill, at Brevard, on outside directing gigs, and being a father and husband.

I've feel I've not done a very good job of publishing updates - my apologies.

So this year's not been the best for my blog.

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