Strike Two!

I’m in France. Again.  Conducting Porgy.  Again! It’s Tuesday, and we’re supposed to have our dress rehearsal today.  But we’re not doing that.  Why?

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Is CPR Necessary For A Revival?

When last we saw our intrepid Porgy folk we were sneaking up on the Gale, the general dress rehearsal.  Or, truth be told, perhaps the Gale was sneaking up on us.  This is where the old expression “canary in a coal mine” starts to seem prophetic.

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The Aix Man Cometh…….

Normally when I’m is hired to do concerts with, say, the Lower Podunk Symphony Orchestra, I start looking on Expedia for cheap tickets to Lower Podunk.  After all, one expects to rehearse said orchestra where said orchestra resides.  Which begs the question – why, then, if I’m doing an opera with the Opera Lyon company am I in Aix-en-Povence?  

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