BEHIND THE SPOTLIGHT
Exploring the Development of New Opera for New Audiences with American Lyric Theater
REHEARSAL PHOTO DIARY
A quick post today to share some photos of last night’s rehearsal. Peter Ash and Donald Sturrock have been with us since Monday, and it is very exciting to see Peter and Donald working with the cast and conductor, Tim Redmond. One of the most important facets of doing a workshop is having the opportunity for the composer and librettist to not only hear their work, but work one-on-one with the singers creating the roles to look at potential revisions to the score, and to give them musical and dramatic coaching. I woke up this morning to an email from Peter with a few new pages of music, which we will print out and distribute to the cast this afternoon. This is what makes a workshop exciting - watching the opera take shape, and having the creators here to polish and refine the score.
- Conductor Timothy Redmond reviews a section of the score with Composer Peter Ash.
- Composer Peter Ash and Librettist Donald Sturrock listen to a work through of a scene from Act I.
- Baritone Christopher Burchett, Willy Wonka, and Assistant Conductor / Pianist BrianDeMaris in rehearsal.
- Oompa Loompas Kyle Bielfield, Ivan Rivera, and Michael Bragg getting notes from the conductor.
- Timothy Redmond conducting the scene in which one of Lord Salt’s factory workers, Soprano Kirsten Chambers, finds a Golden Ticket.
- Composer Peter Ash discusses a revision to Veruca’s part with Abigail Nims.
- Timothy Redmond conducts Kryian Friedenberg, Charlie; Keith Jameson, Grandpa Joe, Katherine Pracht, Grandma Josephine; Daniel Mobbs, Grandpa George, Adrienne Danrich, Grandma Georgina, and Andrew Drost, Augustus Gloop.
