… well, aside from a silly oboist coming in nice and strong … but wrong.

Sigh. Yes. I’m speaking of myself.

I’m still not entirely familiar with the opera, as much as I’ve studied and listened to it. (I don’t know how some of my colleagues do this job without getting a recording, but some do a great job reading down an opera at the first rehearsal. Go figure!) Still, I was certain I was coming in correctly. And yet I’m sure I didn’t. (I’m actually not entirely sure what happened at that point, and we didn’t get back to that section in the small amount of rehearsal time after we ran the opera.)

But anyway, I think the rehearsal was quite a bit better than last night’s. I guess we are all just getting used to what’s going on. There are some interesting rhythmical things; in one spot I have a syncopation going against what the flute and clarinet play. In another spot I hear a “Philip Glass” moment. Really! (Maybe I’m the only one who hears it that way, though.) I absolutely love learning new works, and this one has some lovely moments. I get the impression the singers are sounding fabulous too. I can hear little snippets now and then. And I definitely hear the kids in a couple of sections.

Now if we can only get that darn oboist (aka “me”) to count correctly! 😉

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