Nearly there…

Today saw the sitzprobe for Kommilitonen!; adding the orchestra is always an exciting stage in preparing an opera, but that is particularly the case for a new piece where no-one has ever heard the orchestration before! Max's colourful writing is so vibrant and luscious and energised and it was great to have him there again today, alongside various people from the Juilliard, who jointly commissioned the piece with RAM, and will be performing it in November. An intensive schedule of stage & orchestra sessions and then dress rehearsals fills the next week until curtain up on 18th!