Hello friends and apologies for another late roundup—we begin rehearsals for Der Vampyr in less than 4 weeks now so have barely moved from my orchestration station.. clickthrough for a few reflections on the project so far:
I've also done a mini interview for Gothic Opera about my new arrangement which you can read on Instagram through the image:
or on Facebook here [TL;DR serpent, sousaphone, whistles, high camp]
For more production teasers, checkout this similar Q&A with our director Julia Mintzer. It's a rollicking riot of a show and there are still tix available for all 4 nights: arcolatheatre.com/grimeborn
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Those who saw my last update will remember I started out this month surtitling The Magic Flute for Nevill Holt Festival. After a few days missing those views and my awesome driver(!), I was back up in Leicestershire surtitling the WP of Isabella Gellis' beautiful new opera The Devil's Den for a cast of 4, chamber orchestra & a side of Morris dancers. Big congrats to Izzy; and to Shadwell Opera/Nevill Holt Festival for such a great commission
Thanks everyone for all the June coffees—both realworld and virtual. Hoping to steal back some time for mixtapes in the weeks ahead but for now you'll find me in the beanbag in my pile of scores!