For a total of seven day, I received the best experience ever at the Vancouver Opera. I have learned so much from all types of extraordinary people. The work experience was like nothing I have ever done. Doors opened and I enthusiastically went after every opportunities that was offered. The whole time, I was overly excited and I just could not stop smiling at everything. I truly did not know what to expect before I started my work experience at the Vancouver Opera. I found this work experience as I was exploring the Vancouver Opera’s website, looking for the upcoming show for the year and I stumble upon this opportunity. I barely read the description of the program, signing up with only in mind that the work experience will contain exclusive tour of the Queen …show more content…
I was given the opportunity to watch the production of Rigoletto go from rehearsals to opening night. I got to explore the entire rehearsal hall, where most of the creating part happened. I got to walk through the offices, storage room, costume room, and rehearsal rooms. And I got to meet and talk to very important people such as, the many of the actors,such as the leading lady, the stage director, orchestra performers and the conductor. The experience gave me a broad aspect of each job involved in putting on an opera. There’s not much what I learn from school that’s related to any job in the opera. I guess theatre company/drama is the most relatable to this job. In theatre company, I learned how to put on shows, back and on stage. Putting on a show is all about teamwork. Each person is specialized in a certain area and then at the end everyone comes together resulting in an amazing show. However, I was quite interested in a profession happening in the orchestra pit; specifically the violinists. Choir, I would say is relatable to this job because I get to accompanist the choir on the violin where a violin is
The concert that I attended last Friday was an interesting one where I got to have some new experiences and learn about classical music.
I attended the Los Angeles Philharmonic classical music concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday 29 November 2013. The classical concert started at 8:00pm to the enjoyment of the huge audience that had been waiting for this amazing music extravaganza. Classical music concerts always offer magnificent entertainment and the audience in this concert was expectant to derive such entertainment or more. In attendance were Christian Zacharias who was the conductor and Martin Chalifour who was the LA Phil commanding Principal Concertmaster and Bach violin player. In readiness for the concert, I enjoyed a special dinner prepared for the audience. More specifically, LA Phil staffer introduced us to the evening classical concert amidst cheers from the audience. It was such a refreshing and joyous feeling to be part of this audience.
I had just broken my glasses. It was December and my elementary school class would be taking us to the most recognized ballet, The Nutcracker. Because our seats were pretty far from the stage, I found it very difficult to see. Embarrassed, I walked and spoke to my teacher, she of course understood my situation and arranged for me and a friend to sit in the front row. Breathtaking was the experience, gazing at the beautiful ballerinas in their intricate costumes and tutus, dancing on their pointes, making jetès and èchappès, I remained extremely captivated throughout the whole performance.
People have dreams of what they want to do or accomplish in life, but usually musical theatre is just pushed into the non-realistic void. It isn’t a dream for me. In the past four years, musical theatre has been clarified as my reality. Musical theatre has been the only thing I have seen myself wanting to do. My first love was The Phantom of the Opera, seeing how I watched it almost every day and it was one of the first shows I saw. Of course, I started doing all of those cute shows in middle school and making a huge deal about it to my family and friends, but I have never felt so passionate about something. The minute I get up on that stage I throw away Riley for two and a half hours and it’s the most amazing feeling! Being able to tell a story
For my externship I worked at Heshima, a center takeing care of physically and mentally challenged children, for 20 hours. The highlights of my experience were; successfully getting into the organization blindly, being able to work alongside the Heshima employees and watching Nelly, the headmistress’s way of doing things. She, being the head of the school used a method of leadership I had not seen before.
Overall, my experience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was pretty amazing. I got to see beautiful art, learn a lot of new things, and spend my day with friends in wonderful New York City. I’m so glad I took mythology this semester because otherwise, I would not have had the opportunity to go. Hopefully, I’ll be able to go back in the near future and also expand my horizons to other museums!
The experience was noticeably different from the moment I walked into the theatre. One was not expected to wear a suit and tie but most of the patrons were very well dressed and the staff was actually helpful and wanted to lend their helping hands. Once inside and in my seat I felt almost as if I was at a concert as the lights went black then slowly came to light as the performers that handled the music and sound came on stage playing
On October 12th, I saw Tosca by Giacomo Puccini held at Atlanta Opera. Tosca is an Italian opera, directed by Tomer Zvulun, accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Arthur Fagen, included a cast of Kara Shay Thomson, Massimiliano Pisapia, and Luis Ledesma (The Atlanta Opera). Opera is an art form in which singers act out drama through a combination of acting and vocal performance. Singers deliver conversation in a musical manner, essentially singing the conversation. Since we recently learned about opera in class, I want to explore the future of opera - where it will go next with the ever advancing modern technology, media and entertainment, and what researches are currently being done at both the industry and academic levels. I will briefly describe what the traditional opera is like using Tosca as an example. Next, I will look at modern opera after the World War II. I will also select one example from the industry and university that are experimenting with opera. At last, I will offer my imagination of what the future of opera may be.
... middle of paper ... ... A majority of her staff is on contract and generally works less than the symphony does. This provides a great opportunity for the opera employees to increase their potential performances and network with a much more renowned organization.
Technical Theatre class was a great learning experience for me. When I first signed up for the class, I wasn’t really looking forward to it. I had always been quite clumsy, and I’d never been very handy; so I didn’t think I would be of much use to the set building process. However, before the building process began, the class was taught how to properly and safely use power tools. Being educated on how to handle the equipment made me feel a lot more confident. Now, I’m proud of myself because I ended up getting a lot of work done that I didn’t think I was capable of.
Working on The Crucible has been a challenging yet rewarding experience that has helped me to grow in numerous ways . It has been a process like no other that I have experienced. Positive nonetheless, but far different than every show I had been in until this point. Being a part of this production was like nothing I have ever experienced, and it caused personal growth both on and off stage.
Then, there is technical theatre. This area of theatre is my favorite and the goal for my future. Technicians are the ones who create the world for the actors or somehow manage everything behind the scenes. Before I explain the multiple fields and areas of technical theatre, I must stress how important this side of theatre is overall. When it comes down to getting a degree in technical theatre or pursuing it, people tend to view it as a purely practical occupation and experience based. Take a look at it in comparison to performance; in a graduate thesis by Christian J. Hershey in 2015, he took a survey of college courses offered for theatre education for a technical focused theatre degree rather than those offered for a performance focused
The Metropolitan Opera, commonly referred to as "the Met", is a company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager. The music director is James Levine. It was founded in 1880 as an alternative to the previously established Academy of Music opera house.
Last night was one of my personal firsts: attending an opening night at the Metropolitan Opera. The opera: Bellini's Norma. I thought at the very least it'd be fun in a special occasion sort of way. Instead it was one of the most normal, average nights I've ever spent at the Met. It wasn't a bad performance so much as a terribly routine one.
Before I started Introduction to Theatre class, I had been only to a couple of plays in my life. Just in this semester I’ve been to about ten plays and have learned so much about the art of theatre. The information I retained from class will help out a lot in the future, but the most important part of this class was the shadowing experience of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With being able to get an inside look at this play during rehearsal and then going to see the performance was an incredible experience. By going to the rehearsal and then seeing the show, I was able to learn and understand more on how the theatre works. From there, I could understand the long process the actors and directors have to go through before the opening show happens.