ESO This Week

I am emerging from the orchestra pit for the first time in over a month. This weekend, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra will be performing our final Classic Series concerts for the 2005 - 2006 season.

http://www.elginsymphony.org/index.html

The program features Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

More Nixon Reviews

Chicago Opera Theater has posted links for reviews of Nixon in China.

http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/news/news-reviews.shtml

One more show left. Sorry folks...it's sold out!

Chicago Tribune review of "Nixon in China"

Here is John von Rhein's review of last night's performance...

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/reviews/critics/mmx-gok29bdrq.10may17,0,7702376.story?coll=mmx-critics_heds

Opening Night!

Tonight is the first show for Nixon in China with Chicago Opera Theater. I highly recommend coming out to see this production. The cast, orchestra, and sets are fantastic. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see one of the greatest operas of the twentieth century!

http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/

Nixon in China

Yesterday we had our first orchestra rehearsal for Chicago Opera Theater's production of Nixon in China.

http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/season/season6-opera3.shtml

This is what I will be doing for most of the month of May. Lots and lots of rehearsals...should be fun though!