Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Abduction this weekend

Hi Family! I hope everyone is doing well besides the epidemic in Chicago, and small procedures in CA. This coming weekend we'll be opening Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio. On Saturday we had a run through for an audience of highschool students and friends. Belmonte opens the opera wishing he could enter the Palace, to save his beloved Konstanze.
It's not long before Belmonte and his trusted servent are overpowering the grumpy Osmin who refuses to let them through.But eventually Belmonte is reunited with his love, Konstanze. And the celebrate by singing a 10-minute-long duet......
About there imminent death...... But it all ends happily ever after. The run-through was a success, it was recorded by a local news station and I may have video of that to post here as early as tomorrow. My first public performance is this Saturday the 1st. It may be reviewed by the Washington Times and another arts blog. I'll certainly put those up when they are published....if they're good. HA! Love you family!