Saturday, March 2, 2013

Making Magic in Birmingham

Had a few minutes this morning and decided there was no better way to spend it than blogging!  To say it's been an eventful first week back in Birmingham would be an understatement.  After arriving from Philadelphia the first day of rehearsals, I unfortunately totalled my rental car that very same rainy night.  Those confusing one-way streets in downtown B-ham are NO joke!  It was a pretty severe wreck, but thankfully, no one was seriously injured.  Other than a sore neck and some shaken nerves, the process here has gone off with out a hitch.  Everyone here has been VERY accommodating and understanding, and I couldn't be more thankful for all the love and support I've received these past few days.

The show must go on though, as they say, and it certainly has.  We are onto to Act 2 today and I'm pretty sure with our director Marc Astafan's efficiency, we'll be done staging the opera in a total of 5 days.  I like this approach very much.  Get the animal on it's feet, and then teach it to walk!  It really allows the actors to develop the material we've been given.  And in all honestly, it's nice to know that you've tackled the entirety of the piece so early on.

I'm very excited to be back in Birmingham after last year's Carmen.  I always have a blast here.  The people, the food, the Southern hospitality.. makes a Texan gal feel right at home!  Tomorrow is Birmingham Opera's Annual Gala and I couldn't be more excited to sing, eat, and frolic with friends and patrons!  Hope to see you there for what I'm sure with be a MAGICAL night!

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