Digging In

The cast is now in the middle of digging in and learning their parts.  Although it is July, October is just around the corner.  That is when our blocking rehearsals start and we should all be off book.   We have a condensed rehearsal schedule because the cost of renting the theatre is so great.  It would be wonderful to be able to have a long rehearsal period, but it is just impossible.  

I don't know how other singers feel when they are preparing a role, but I know the music is starting to get into my bones when I wake up with it in my head.  The lyrics pop into my mind even when I am not working on the music.  I'm still at the point where it is all random and I don't know exactly where the part that popped into my head falls, but I know it will all come together.   Better to be in that place in July than November!  

Most people probably think of H&G as something just for kids, but they are wrong.  This music is very Wagnerian and more difficult than one would think.  The more I study the score the most exciting it all becomes.  It seems the key changes every page, which is a complete challenge for the orchestrator.  

As I have said before, onward and upward!