Opera is a dirty bitch
I was six years old when I first saw the movie Amadeus. From that moment, I knew I wanted to work in opera.
I started as a conductor…mimicking Karajan and Solti in my bedroom as a child…
I played piano, accompanying those same recordings, Figaro, Zauberfloete, Idomeneo…
I studied singing…got a degree…performed…
Quit that, and became a stage director, Entfuehrung, Giovanni, Tito…
Then I realized…
It’s not art. It’s never been art. It’s politics.
G’night, y’all. Mama’s got ta get her ass to Rosenkavalier rehearsals in the mornin’…
