I’ve never been the journaling type, but ever since I created this website, I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity it provides to say goodbye to projects that have been parts of my life for several months before they come to fruition […]
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I’ve never been the journaling type, but ever since I created this website, I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity it provides to say goodbye to projects that have been parts of my life for several months before they come to fruition […]
It speaks volumes about the last couple months that I haven’t posted anything here since late October when I was in Brussels for the revival of Kris Defoort’s The Time of Our Singing, an opera I’d premiered in 2021. Behind-the-scenes, I’ve […]
This season starts in Brussels at La Monnaie (Belgian National Opera) with a revival of Kris Defoort’s The Time of Our Singing which was premiered in 2021. Reuniting the original cast, creatives and crew, this production has taken me down […]
Just three days left in this series of US engagements that began May 2nd with the NY Phil (see my previous post), and ends this coming Sunday, June 30th with a sixth and final performance of Phil Glass’s Galileo Galilei […]
In the Summer of 1992, I graduated from Cambridge University. This news was a huge surprise…
The Betamax cassette was invented in Japan in 1975 and released in the U.S. a year later, followed by the launch of the competitive and ultimately triumphant VHS cassette almost two years later. A card-carrying nerd, even in those early […]
The What’s Next section of this site is titled On the Road, because that’s where I spend a lot of my time, when I’m not spending long (happy) hours of preparation in my studio! In 2019 however, three years into my […]
Well…I’ve been happily slammed with work since my appointment in Charlotte late last year (see earlier posts). So slammed, in fact, that I haven’t had the bandwidth to post here in 2024 until now! The year started with a really […]
This is my first post since early November when I was wrapping up six performances of Jake Heggie’s Intelligence at the Houston Grand Opera. I usually try to take a long break between an operatic production and whatever comes next, but this […]
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra announces its 12th Music Director…
