FINALLY FINISHED...FINALLY BEGINNING
I finally finished the score of Iford Art's "Fairy Queen"! This has been a six month process that involved a lot more than just making an...
ARIODANTE
Last night, after a great day of music rehearsals for Orfeo and Vespers, I was at the DNO for the dress rehearsal of Ariodante, to...
THE FULL MONTEVERDI
This week is mostly dedicated to finishing my English translation of Calisto (hopefully done tomorrow), getting Fairy Queen score finaly...
ORPHEE
So good to spend this week with my score of Gluck's 1774 version of Orphee et Eurydice. This is the French version of the opera, for...
DESIGNS FOR CALISTO
Just had a fantastic meeting with Takis, the designer for upcoming ETO production of Calisto that I'm directing and conducting. It's...
QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES (PART 2)
Happy to report we have a full cast! And we're off...
QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES
We've just finished auditions for Iford's "Fairy Queen" of Purcell to be produced next summer. It was a thrill to finally meet the...
FIRST BLOG POST - RELEASE THE ULISSE
Ok....trying this again, and this time its going to stick. Writing from the small town of Tournus in Burgundy, its five days and counting...