https://conradaskland.com/blog/carmen-skagit-opera-2006/ Music Director and Music Technology Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://conradaskland.com/blog/carmen-skagit-opera-2006/#comment-839 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:08:13 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/?p=447#comment-839 The show was amplified, singers and orchestra. The sound tech was instrumental in augmenting the sound, it was not an acoustic performance.

]]> https://conradaskland.com/blog/carmen-skagit-opera-2006/#comment-659 Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:47:54 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/?p=447#comment-659 Thank you for the enthusiastic review, Conrad. It was such a joy working with Dean Williamson, and with the singers, especially Stephen Rumph! You are so right about his powerful acting and singing…..Don Jose’ seemed to be a strong, insistent character, rather than the more common interp. of a milk-toast, weak pushover. I think it made the story more compelling! I appreciate all of your comments. Thank you so much for noticing all the technicalities we tried to make work FOR the production. Regards, Sharyn

]]> https://conradaskland.com/blog/carmen-skagit-opera-2006/#comment-616 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:42:37 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/?p=447#comment-616 […] I want the whole world to know about Stephen Rumph. His voice is absolutely amazing. I wrote about it in my review of Skagit Opera’s Carmen. I went online to track him down and found out he’s not only an amazing vocalist, but active in music research (which I’ve listed below). […]

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