posted by nathan at 9:52 AMJune 4th, 2009

Philly

Busy busy busy.... am happy to say that the dress for Rape of Lucretia last night was a big success. I think we have gotten the opera into shape and are aptly telling this tragic (but not without hope) story. I'm also happy to say that I didn't almost fall into the pit as I did on the first orchestra dress. Very very close... I thought Bill was going to bust a gut. I thought I was being smooth by having a "panther" like move just before Bill says, "Panther agile and panther virile!", but my trousers were bagging on me at the time and I couldn't quite get down as far as I wanted. As a result of that and a very steep rake I about went arse over head into the pit. I DID RECOVER, though, much to my relief, and I did manage to rape poor Lucretia. "Go Tarquinius!"

Today, very soon as a matter of fact, I'm going to have an interview with Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Radio. She has a wonderful program that covers a variety of subjects. We'll probably talk a little bit about the Lucretia production, but I'm hoping we'll move on to other topics that aren't quite as heavy. We'll see. But, regardless, it's wonderful to have a day off.