Campbell Vertesi

Sorry about the break in posting. I warned you, I wasn’t going to be posting regularly in California!

Tonight is opening night for Rigoletto. Everything is going smoothly. By and large, the quality of singing in our cast is very high, and everyone seems very comfortable with their parts. My only real complaint is my wooden knife. Not much of a “strumento”, but hey – it gets the point across, right?

As with most “semi-staged” productions, this one has ended up being partially costumed, black-box setted (is that a word?), and completely staged in terms of action. The only thing really semi- about it is the length of the show: this is a highlights production, after all. The Duke gets the entire first act!

In other news, I finally got my camera charger… photos are already on flickr here. So you start to get some idea of just how beautiful it is around here! The hardest part is being here without Bryn… And cell phone signal is spotty enough that I can’t even close my eyes and pretend, you know? I’m in a part of the world that I know she would love, and it absolutely kills me that I can’t share it with the one person who counts most.

What’s more, she sings a hell of a Gilda, so if I could only break the knees of our leading lady… kidding, of course. (or am i?) Still, I’m definitely leaving a copy of Bryn’s audition CD for the producer of this company.

So go, have a look at the pictures, and brace yourself for the next post. I’ve gotten my audition recordings back, and I’ll be posting them here shortly, along with my Sparafucile exerpts!

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