DAY THIRTY FOUR - Saturday April 28
Worked epilogue scenes in morning - really fun with these great character guys.
We were supposed have catch up time with the Bondy (comic lead) who has missed many rehearsals. Remember when we did that recasting - moved one Sandor out, moved a Bondy over to Sandor and a Bajossovich up to Bondy? Well the Bossovich we moved up to Bondy is overwhelmed with all his shows and the baby who was just born. So, finally, I get an evening when he can finally show up at rehearsal – I release everyone except him and his love interest – and dontcha know, Kirill tells us he’s pulling him from the production. Kirill decided he is overextended and cannot do our show - at least in a large role. So... nobody to rehearse. So no sense in rehearsing. So Gregg and I went to see a Rimsky Korsokov opera, "The Tsar's Bride."
It was in the same beautiful theatre I was in last night for Giselle. It was a very opulent production - sort of. The costumes were beautiful. And the set was actually rather primitive - although the amazing scenic painting made it feel much more elaborate. Except, whenever anyone brushed up against a wall or opened a door, the entire "building" would ripple since it was all canvas drops that were not even stretched on frames.
There were some great voices - but the acting was rather stiff. And there was a HUGE chorus - there must have been about 70 people on that stage! Oh, wait, we will have about the same number!
Here's the curtain call so you can get a sense of the scale. All the three dimensionality of the set is painted.
We were supposed have catch up time with the Bondy (comic lead) who has missed many rehearsals. Remember when we did that recasting - moved one Sandor out, moved a Bondy over to Sandor and a Bajossovich up to Bondy? Well the Bossovich we moved up to Bondy is overwhelmed with all his shows and the baby who was just born. So, finally, I get an evening when he can finally show up at rehearsal – I release everyone except him and his love interest – and dontcha know, Kirill tells us he’s pulling him from the production. Kirill decided he is overextended and cannot do our show - at least in a large role. So... nobody to rehearse. So no sense in rehearsing. So Gregg and I went to see a Rimsky Korsokov opera, "The Tsar's Bride."
It was in the same beautiful theatre I was in last night for Giselle. It was a very opulent production - sort of. The costumes were beautiful. And the set was actually rather primitive - although the amazing scenic painting made it feel much more elaborate. Except, whenever anyone brushed up against a wall or opened a door, the entire "building" would ripple since it was all canvas drops that were not even stretched on frames.
There were some great voices - but the acting was rather stiff. And there was a HUGE chorus - there must have been about 70 people on that stage! Oh, wait, we will have about the same number!
Here's the curtain call so you can get a sense of the scale. All the three dimensionality of the set is painted.
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