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my website. I'll use this area to let you know what I am up to,
how it is going, and what has been on my mind. In the event that
I ever get to see a performance of something I am not working on ever
again (now with 2 boys at home) I may reflect on it
here. But that is extremely unlikely...
November
15, 2007 - La
Traviata
The first round of Traviata at the Met came to a close tonight after four performances. Marco Armiliato conducted Renée Fleming, Matthew Polenzani and Dwayne Croft. Most of the cast changes when the production comes back in February and March, so there were lots of hugs and goodbyes behind the curtain after the final bow. Marco is back though in the Spring, and it will be great to work with him again.
The production came full circle in a surprising way tonight. Several weeks ago, on our first day of rehearsal, I went to the Met, signed up for a locker, put my stuff in, and grabbed a coffee from the cafeteria on my way up to room 203. At the elevator I met Paul Plishka for the first time, and introduced myself. We rode up together, as he was set to sing the Doctor in our production (talk about luxury casting!). Well tonight after the show I cleared out my locker, grabbed my tuxedo, and turned in my locker key on the way out. Out the stage door and down 66th street towards West End Avenue where the car was parked. Who am I walking next to? Paul Plishka. I had just been thinking that I had not gotten to see him afterwards, and that I had missed my chance to say how exciting it had been to work with him. I mean... Paul Plishka! We chat for a while as we walk the 2 blocks to his apartment, right on the way to my car. He and Renée got the Act 3 dialogue a bit discombobulated tonight, with their last couple of lines rearranged. It worked nicely though, and we wondered if Verdi would have approved. Then goodnight, and my first Traviata at the Met ended the way it began, chatting with Paul.
The first round of Traviata at the Met came to a close tonight after four performances. Marco Armiliato conducted Renée Fleming, Matthew Polenzani and Dwayne Croft. Most of the cast changes when the production comes back in February and March, so there were lots of hugs and goodbyes behind the curtain after the final bow. Marco is back though in the Spring, and it will be great to work with him again.
The production came full circle in a surprising way tonight. Several weeks ago, on our first day of rehearsal, I went to the Met, signed up for a locker, put my stuff in, and grabbed a coffee from the cafeteria on my way up to room 203. At the elevator I met Paul Plishka for the first time, and introduced myself. We rode up together, as he was set to sing the Doctor in our production (talk about luxury casting!). Well tonight after the show I cleared out my locker, grabbed my tuxedo, and turned in my locker key on the way out. Out the stage door and down 66th street towards West End Avenue where the car was parked. Who am I walking next to? Paul Plishka. I had just been thinking that I had not gotten to see him afterwards, and that I had missed my chance to say how exciting it had been to work with him. I mean... Paul Plishka! We chat for a while as we walk the 2 blocks to his apartment, right on the way to my car. He and Renée got the Act 3 dialogue a bit discombobulated tonight, with their last couple of lines rearranged. It worked nicely though, and we wondered if Verdi would have approved. Then goodnight, and my first Traviata at the Met ended the way it began, chatting with Paul.