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Eugene Onegin – Sitzprobe
One of my fellow chorus members kindly explained what sitzprobe actually means. I assumed it was some kind of abbreviation that was lost in the mists of time, but it turns out it’s German and means ‘sitting rehearsal’ not terribly accurate, but at any rate standing still rehearsal. Back in the Halls (hurrah) and I’m…
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The Blackheath Onegin: Backstage at a Community Opera
Coming Soon (Late August probably) The Blackheath Onegin Backstage at a Community Opera By Cherry Potts 80 pages of comment and photographs £15 All profits will go to next year’s Blackheath Halls Opera If you pre-order, we hope to have enough orders to get a bulk discount, which means that, provided you are prepared to…
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Rinaldo – but no sea-serpents
Straight from Opera rehearsal, to watching Opera, at Blackheath Halls, this time a production from Trinity Laban. Home from home you’d think, (and we are considering getting camp beds put up in the recital room we are there so much) but nonetheless it required a gear change. I’m not familiar with Rinaldo, and we were in…
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Eugene Onegin – 5th Production Rehearsal
The second of our back to back rehearsals. Saturday afternoon, and we have added Andrew Greenan as Gremin, to our principals. We at last get a proper go at Act III and Stella and the dancers from Laban Youth Dance are back to present a divertissement at Gremin’s society party. Harry explains that this is a very cold, brittle, affair;…
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Eugene Onegin – Fourth Production Rehearsal
Well! The marketing of the Opera is in full swing, I’ve been handing out fliers and putting up posters and getting it listed on referral sites like Bachtrack, and the Halls team have been putting up interviews on Youtube with Harry & Nick so if you still need convincing you should be inviting ALL your friends to come…
Cherry Potts, Writer 