This is an extremely exciting morning for all of us at Opera Atelier. After a week of continuo rehearsals, the entire orchestra has now arrived and Tafelmusik is as excited about playing Poppea as we are staging it. What makes this day doubly thrilling is that we are now able to show you excerpts of [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Rehearsals continue
Peggy Kriha Dye is singing the role of Poppea for the first time. She has a long history with Opera Atelier. I first met her in Houston when Patrick Sommers (the Music director of Houston Grand Opera) insisted she sing the role of Drusilla. Having never met Peggy, I resisted his casting as I thought I [...]
Things to look forward to…
We are seriously into Poppea rehearsals. It always amazing me that every time you return to a great work it is as though you are exploring it for the first time. This production of Poppea is an excellent example. We first created this production in conjunction with Houston Grand Opera as a vehicle for [...]