Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The world of opera
This week our local opera company, Arbor Opera Theater, has engaged me to project supertitles for their production of Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata." (Supertitles are the translations, projected on the space above the stage.) I also did it for them last June, with Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme," but that was a different proposition, as I knew the show. This one is unfamiliar ground to me ... though it's a very standard piece of the opera repertoire, my knowledge of opera is pitifully weak. Anyway, though, it's fun, and a nice way of using my musical background.
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If anyone can do it, Allen, you can. It's no wonder why they call you to perform this task because they know your dedication to and disciplne of music.
This reminds me of the time that Greg, Amanda and I went to our first (and quite possibly, our last) opera at the Sydney Opera House in 1991 the second evening after arriving in Australia. The opera was "La Clemenza Di Tito" and sung in Italian with English supertitles. That and our jet lag caused Greg to fall asleep during the performance, which resulted in Mandy and I poking him awake several times. We're not big opera fans, but had to experience one in that theatre. Amazing space!
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