Pirates of Penzance

We had our final dress rehearsal for Pirates of Penzance tonight and it opens on Friday. It's probably the hardest I've ever worked in an opera chorus, as there's lots of choreography and the chorus plays a very important role. Our stage director, Bill Fabris, and conductor, Bill Boggs, have been wonderful to work with and quite detail oriented. Thanks to them, we're going to look and sound fabulous!Here are a couple of quotes from Bill Fabris's blog:"What has been most fun to see this week was the development of individual personalities among chorus members.""Be sure to look for a pirate accountant and a near-sighted butterfly-chasing daughter, who has named herself Hortencia (the perfect name for a Victorian version of a nerd).""Hortencia" is me, though being a nerd myself who took four years of Latin, I would spell it "Hortensia." But the show isn't all about me (though Hortensia may beg to differ) -- we have a stellar cast of principals whose voices and characters you are sure to enjoy. If you're in Indy, you really owe it to yourself to come see this production!Here's a link to the full blog article: Gilbert and Sullivan: Timing is Everything