And I got tons of photos. Lots going on today. Since I'm barely in Act 2, I was able to get lots of shots. Some are blurry, but I hope they are interesting But before we get to rehearsal, I had the early part of the day off, so I got some shots from around the city. I walked by the symphony hall, Abravanel Hall, which is named after Maurice Abravanel, who was the conductor of Utah Symphony for 30 years. It's a great hall, I have sung there and loved it.
From a different angle, I could see one of the banners out front, which features an old friend of mine, Walter Haman, who plays cello in the Symphony. He and I were in grad school together in Boston many moons ago, and once my schedule calms down a little, he's going to take me to a burger place called Lucky 13!
At that same corner, I got another great view of Assembly Hall at Temple Square
A few blocks further west, I saw a parking lot that will blow the minds of any New Yorkers reading this entry, check out these prices
I mean, srsly, y'all - thirty-five dollars a MONTH!!!! In NYC and also Boston, you can pay almost that for ONE NIGHT of parking, I kid you not.
After a rigorous rehearsal of my own repertoire at the Production Studios, I was famished so I stopped at Happy Sumo sushi in the Gateway Mall for lunch. It rocked my world. I'd been craving sushi for a week and this totally hit the spot.
After a big long lazy nap (the previous night I had tossed and turned most of the night, I think due to having coffee too late in the day, boo,) I finally went to rehearsal! We started at the top of Act 2, which I hadn't seen much of before. Let me just say - this opera chorus rocks. Utah people are steeped in the choral tradition and it shows, these guys sound so great. SO great. I also think that since most of the show is solo singing, except for the Three Ladies, the sound of a chorus singing all together is a welcome change of aural texture. Really, really nice work from everyone.
So! Here are the tons of shots that I got last night. First, Sarastro and the Priests in their robes
Here is the lovely purple slipper that The Third Lady wears
Monostatos threatens Pamina, right before Sarastro comes in and chases him away
Papageno finally meets Papageno, though he doesn't know it yet
The Three Spirits warn Tamino and Papageno to keep quiet to make it through the trials. I want to say again how cute these boys are. And they are doing well as professionals, too. Putting in the work, keeping up with the pace of how a show like this works.
"Ach, ich fühl's" - Pamina can't believe that Tamino is betraying her. (He's not really, he's just sworn to silence.)
Here is a view of the piano and the conductor from the box seats. It won't look this way in the real world, the floor of the orchestra pit has been raised to the same level as the stage for rehearsal purposes.
These next two shots are of the trials that Tamino has to go through - the trial of fire and the trial of water. These photos are blurry because the chorus is constantly moving to represent fire and water. The men have flags that they wave back and forth to look like flames, the women have shards of mirror that reflect light to represent the water.
It looks pretty good, but sadly my camera didn't quite capture the coolness. A really great rehearsal, things went smoothly, the whole thing is getting better and better.
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