During the festival season, our company swells to more than 300 people–orchestra members, box office staff, groundskeepers, stagehands and more. One of the many responsibilities of the Artistic Operations staff is to make sure performers feel at home. It’s a … Continue reading
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“For each of us, our job is to try to make sure our show is the best one of the season. We’re pretty competitive personalities.” Yesterday a group from Oneonta’s Center for Continued Adult Learning met with Production Stage Manager … Continue reading
Yesterday, the Cenerentola team moved into the theater for their first rehearsals onstage. Since we’re preparing to open three operas and a dramatized concert within the space of just a few weeks, we’re holding concurrent rehearsals in venues all over … Continue reading
Whether this season’s singers are performing their roles for the first time or the fifteenth, they’ve spent a lot of time studying them—before even arriving in Cooperstown. The same goes for the directors and designers, who have been planning the … Continue reading
Two decades after his Glimmerglass debut, Jonathan Miller returns to Cooperstown to direct a new production of Verdi’s La Traviata. In a recent piece for the New York Times, Dick Cavett offers an appreciation of Dr. Miller–an extraordinary director, scholar … Continue reading
This week, artists for La Traviata and La Cenerentola arrived in Cooperstown and began rehearsals. Although preparations for the 2009 Festival began over a year ago, the first day of rehearsal feels like the real beginning for many of us. … Continue reading
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