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Have you ever felt sad when you left an opera because you related SO much with the plot/characters? This is the feeling I am having right now leaving the character and music of Rusalka. The production that we just did in Bilbao was the most visually stunning production I have ever seen of Rusalka. But, now I am back in New York working on Rosalinda from Die Fledermaus for the Metropolitan Opera. What a complete change - from Dvorak to Strauss! The first performance is on December 19th and we are also doing the New Year's Eve Gala this year. Would love to see you all there. posted by Sondra on Thursday, November 17, 2005
 We are now in Bregenz, Austria for most of the summer. What a beautiful part of the world it is here! Last night we had the first rehearsal with costumes for Robert Carsen's new Trovatore on the famous Bodensee "Floating Stage". The concept is that Count di Luna owns an Oil Refinery and Manrico and the gypsies are rebel warriors just trying to co-exist on the Oil Refinery. Above is a picture of the stage... posted by Sondra on Sunday, July 10, 2005
Thank you all for your great reception and support for the Cyrano at the Met. What a great opportunity it has been working on an opera that not too many people know. At first, I was a little unsure of the opera. But as the weeks of rehearsal went on, I grew to really love the music as well as the story. And now that the performances are over for this year, I get sad thinking I will not be close to Roxane for another 6 months. I hope all of you who were able to see and hear the performances were as excited about it as I was. My life dream was to sing a leading lady with Placido Domingo and he made that dream come true for me this past week. What an amazing performer and human being! Looking forward to singing on the Tebaldi Tribute on Monday May 23rd and seeing all of you there too. After that we are on to Bregenz, Austria for a new production of Trovatore. Happy summer to you all! posted by Sondra on Saturday, May 21, 2005
Once again, writing from New York City and am VERY excited about the Final Dress Rehearsal of Vespri tomorrow morning. Boy, does 11am seem VERY early when you have to sing Elena. And a little birdie told me that there may be an optional high note taken at the end of the Bolero. You all will just have to come to the show and see/hear for yourselves. posted by Sondra on Thursday, November 04, 2004 Hello everyone! Starting rehearsals at the Met tomorrow for I Vespri Siciliani and I am very excited to be doing it again, but in Italian now. Hope you all can come to a show or two! Will keep posting about how the rehearsals are progressing. posted by Sondra on Sunday, October 17, 2004 Welcome to Sondra's Web log. posted by Mark on Friday, September 20, 2002
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