August 29, 2012: all that is old, is new again

By which I mean, I'm doing another production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly right now- this time with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.  We began staging rehearsals last night, and we had to practice all of authentic (ok, as authentic as you can be after a 15 minute lesson) geisha moves.  It looks to be a really beautiful production.

Meanwhile, my first review was just published!  I'm excited to become more involved in this side of the arts world, and to exercise my writing and listening skills more on a daily basis.

In the midst of this, I am beginning work on some truly magnificent gems of the German Lieder repertoire, in preparation for a really intriguing concert coming up in October/November.

Here's hoping I can live up to this in some way!