Though my job is more unconventional than a typical 9-5, I'm taking my "weekend off" to put pictures of past shows online. I'm not very acquainted with this website but I know Livejournal better. Also, I've started up a livejournal for SFLO anyway. So I've put up some galleries of photos, old shows and more recent. I'll be continuing to add more as time allows.
You can visit the galleries here: http://pics.livejournal.com/sflyricopera/
Feel free to check out the livejournal as well. It will be fairly parallel to this blog, however it may reflect a more informal dynamic of the company. Stay tuned for more pictures to come!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
props and the like
Did you know that sword canes are illegal in California? Not only illegal to purchase but also to ship across state lines, so there's no legal way for us to acquire one. Which of course means we can't get one.
BUT, sword sticks are legal. The difference? A sword stick can never pass for anything other than a weapon, whereas a sword cane could.
It is apparently a little-known fact that Cardinal Richelieu's associate from The Three Musketeers is named Rochefort.
The battle/duel between Tybalt and Mercutio, and Tybalt and Romeo for that matter, would be made infinitely better by the use of lightsabers! And probably a Vader mask.
The British fence with the following stance, holding the unused arm above the body like so:
Because dueling was illegal and thus was done in the dead of night. So fighters would have a sword in one hand and a lit lantern in the other, so they could see what the hell they were doing.
All these comments are on fighting. Of course. We had our fight master at the rehearsal tonight. Thank god, what would we do without him?
Stay tuned ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
space in San Francisco
Like many performing arts groups, we are "homeless" for the time being. Residing on a 7x7 sq. mi. peninsula has its downsides, like the lack of space and the high price of available space. I'm always endlessly pleased at hearing that some hotel is closed to make room for apartment housing downtown. It shows the importance of people, even in a large city.
SFLO has been searching for a new rehearsal space for over a year now. It wasn't too much an issue until now. Staging rehearsals began last night and we only have a location for one more. Saturday's rehearsal and onward is still in limbo. It's vaguely unsettling.
Thus, if anyone knows of a vacant space that would be fitting for an opera rehearsal... One that could hold upwards of 40 people, a piano, 20 music stands, a truck full of props, and so forth, please let me know. Because they, like gold dubloons, don't grow in trees.
SFLO has been searching for a new rehearsal space for over a year now. It wasn't too much an issue until now. Staging rehearsals began last night and we only have a location for one more. Saturday's rehearsal and onward is still in limbo. It's vaguely unsettling.
Thus, if anyone knows of a vacant space that would be fitting for an opera rehearsal... One that could hold upwards of 40 people, a piano, 20 music stands, a truck full of props, and so forth, please let me know. Because they, like gold dubloons, don't grow in trees.
the groundbreaking first post
Welcome to the official blog of the San Francisco Lyric Opera. As the first post, I imagine few will read this however I still feel it's important to get a feel of who is writing and why.
SFLO, as it will forever be referred to, is a small non-profit organization in San Francisco. Revived in 2002, SFLO has since staged over 80 performances of 19 productions and continues to build both its audience base and reputation for fun but quality performances of classical operas.
2006 productions consisted of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Verdi's Il Trovatore, Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, and Puccini's Tosca. 2007 will feature an equally impressive array of productions. In February-March we are performing Gounod's Romeo & Juliet, based of course on Shakespeare's play. May-June will feature Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, followed by Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman in September and Strauss' Die Fledermaus in December.
Any interest in tickets, volunteering, auditioning, and so forth can all be directed to me, your humble host of this blog. Our website is www.sflyricopera.org and email is sflyricopera@hotmail.com.
As for myself, I have only begun as the production manager this year (literally 3 weeks ago) but have been stage managing for SFLO for a little over 2 years. I had no experience before. It's been an eye-opening and, at times, terrifying thing to work with no background and no idea what you're supposed to be doing. I've been living the "watch and learn" approach from Day 1 and it's been extraordinary.
On a more personal side, I'm 22 years old as of 2 days ago. I graduated from the University of San Francisco in December, with a degree in sociology because there was no music major. My plans were to become a criminologist researching causes of violent crime among death row inmates at San Quentin; funny how life leads in a completely opposite direction. I've found my background in "people-watching" has helped me to observe the subtleties of human behaviour in such a way to help me interact with the wide diversity of our wonderful patrons.
Here ends the background of our company and this blog's author. From now on, it's all current and all snapshots of how life with SFLO is: glass-breaking highs and suicide-plummet lows, primadonnas and drama, laughter and tears in the same moment, and of maybe even some singing. In a word: OPERA.
SFLO, as it will forever be referred to, is a small non-profit organization in San Francisco. Revived in 2002, SFLO has since staged over 80 performances of 19 productions and continues to build both its audience base and reputation for fun but quality performances of classical operas.
2006 productions consisted of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Verdi's Il Trovatore, Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, and Puccini's Tosca. 2007 will feature an equally impressive array of productions. In February-March we are performing Gounod's Romeo & Juliet, based of course on Shakespeare's play. May-June will feature Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, followed by Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman in September and Strauss' Die Fledermaus in December.
Any interest in tickets, volunteering, auditioning, and so forth can all be directed to me, your humble host of this blog. Our website is www.sflyricopera.org and email is sflyricopera@hotmail.com.
As for myself, I have only begun as the production manager this year (literally 3 weeks ago) but have been stage managing for SFLO for a little over 2 years. I had no experience before. It's been an eye-opening and, at times, terrifying thing to work with no background and no idea what you're supposed to be doing. I've been living the "watch and learn" approach from Day 1 and it's been extraordinary.
On a more personal side, I'm 22 years old as of 2 days ago. I graduated from the University of San Francisco in December, with a degree in sociology because there was no music major. My plans were to become a criminologist researching causes of violent crime among death row inmates at San Quentin; funny how life leads in a completely opposite direction. I've found my background in "people-watching" has helped me to observe the subtleties of human behaviour in such a way to help me interact with the wide diversity of our wonderful patrons.
Here ends the background of our company and this blog's author. From now on, it's all current and all snapshots of how life with SFLO is: glass-breaking highs and suicide-plummet lows, primadonnas and drama, laughter and tears in the same moment, and of maybe even some singing. In a word: OPERA.
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