Final Dress Rehearsal!

Wow, it seems like these three weeks went really fast, I can't believe we did the final dress rehearsal just now! It went so well. One tiny glitch with a prop hand-off, but that will never happen again. Our maestro was really, really happy with how The Three Ladies did, he made a point to come and tell us. That made us all feel like a million bucks. But I think we also knew, we hit all our points and were locked into the music, too.

Utah Opera does a very cool thing that I have always loved. For the final dress rehearsal, they invite a student audience. So we had a crowd, maybe two-thirds full, of high school and junior high kids. They are the greatest audience! Their reactions are so real and honest. They don't hold back, if they think something is funny, they laugh right out. If they like someone or something, they applaud. They are not worried about behaving like an "opera audience," and I wish there were more of that in the world. And of course, they give huge ovations at the end, and tonight they especially were loving Papageno. As well they should, he's great and he's hilarious.

Not too many new photos today, just slight variations from previous posts.

Oh, I did get one of Pamina, though. She's so adorable

Four days until Noodle arrives!!