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May 14, 2017
3 min

Rosenkavalier at the MET

By request, a belated sharing of the notes for my Rosenkavalier talk prior to Saturday's final MET "Live in HD" broadcast of a brilliant...

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May 6, 2017
2 min

Susannah: p.s.

Susannah was such a memorable and meaningful experience last weekend. Our guest artists variously referred to it as a "top 3" or "top 5"...

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Apr 27, 2017
2 min

Susannah production: Final dress

I can't believe we open this amazing show tomorrow night, April 28. What a memorable experience this production has been. Its...

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Apr 23, 2017
4 min

L2P: "American Impressions" and

Yesterday, members of our fabulous Susannah cast - Stephanie Marx, Zach James, Toby Newman, Brooke Tolley, and Jason Nichols, accompanied...

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Apr 21, 2017
3 min

Susannah: "Southern Gothic"

Since it was in the news, it must be true, right?!? I'm glad our friend Mike Allen referred to Susannah that way in today's Roanoke...

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Apr 19, 2017
2 min

Susannah, Dalí and opera as ritual

The latest notes and musings on our premiere production of Susannah, just around the corner, April 28 & 30. Susannah notebooks: Staging...

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Apr 18, 2017
2 min

Susannah production notebooks, week 2

Continuing a series of random, informal, anecdotal "notebook" entries for our upcoming production of Susannah, a piece whose depth and...

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Apr 16, 2017
3 min

Susannah production notebooks (cont.)

Susannah Production Notebooks | April 14 | Rehearsal Day 4 Good interview this morning on The Mountain 101.5 – great to have Danielle in...

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Apr 14, 2017
3 min

Susannah: Notebooks (Winter Journal)

Below is the next in a series of "director's notebooks" about Opera Roanoke's premiere production of Susannah. Susannah Production...

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Apr 13, 2017
4 min

Susannah: production notebook (I)

We've finished our first day of staging Opera Roanoke's premiere production of Floyd's Susannah. Since of our principal artists asked me...

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Apr 10, 2017
1 min

Susannah notebooks: Intro

I can't believe the last time I posted here was in January, for a MET HD broadcast of Verdi's Nabucco. IT was that very broadcast,...

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Jan 6, 2017
1 min

MET: Nabucco Live in HD

Friends in the Roanoke area: Please join me at Virginia Western Community College tomorrow, Saturday, January 7. The live broadcast of...

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Dec 31, 2016
1 min

About Opera: 30/30 Finale

About Opera An image of articulateness is what it is | Isn’t this how we’ve always longed to talk? (William Meredith) If you don’t like...

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Dec 29, 2016
2 min

Prometheus & Cellini & Apprentices

Below is my penultimate poem for Tupelo Press's 30/30 Project. I only have a little way to go yet to complete both this poetry marathon,...

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Dec 28, 2016
2 min

Postcards: Haiku for 30/30 Project

Postcards I. for Gustav Mahler Not content to just reach the summit—No. I want to stay—Abide there. “Auferstehn…” Perhaps. But this much...

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Dec 27, 2016
2 min

Ferryman's Day Off

I've been writing, and thanks to Tupelo Press publishing a poem a day during December. Click here to read more about the 30/30 Project,...

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Dec 20, 2016
2 min

Marilyn Writes a Letter: 30/30 Project

All month I've been writing with colleagues at Tupelo Press as part of their "30/30" project. Here is my poem, slightly altered from...

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Dec 19, 2016
2 min

30/30 Saariaho Counterpoint

Below is my "Day 17" poem for this month, where I'm writing 30 poems in 30 days, thanks to Tupelo Press. They are publishing the work of...

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Dec 16, 2016
2 min

The Curlew | 30/30 Project Day 16

Here is my "poem of the day" for December, part of Tupelo's 30/30 Project. Click here to support a fellow non-profit arts organization,...

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Dec 14, 2016
2 min

Season of Memory: Mother's Day Roses

This month I have been writing, and Tupelo Press has been publishing a new poem as part of their "30/30 Project." Click here to see the...

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