Va, Tosca!
Tosca came and went in a whirlwind, as she always seems to do. The last time Opera Roanoke mounted Puccini's "little shocker" was in the...
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Scott M Williamson
- Sep 18, 2017
- 2 min
Puccini is Passion: Apprentice Preview at Hollins University
Yesterday, hosted by Hollins University, a dozen of our fabulous Apprentice Artists and the "glad-she's-new-in-town" pianist Anna de...
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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott M Williamson
- 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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Scott Williamson
- 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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Scott Williamson
- 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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Scott Williamson
- 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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Scott Williamson
- 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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Scott Williamson
- 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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Scott Williamson
- 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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Scott Williamson
- 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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