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The Big Project: Die Fledermaus

February 25, 2012 By Ian Sidden

Last night we had our premiere of Die Fledermaus here at NMSU. It is my operatic directorial debut, and I’m quite pleased with how it’s worked out. I could gush for a while if you let me, so I’ll save that for later. Suffice it to say: it’s a good show.

We still have two more performances if you’re in town. Tonight is 7:30 and tomorrow is 3:00.

P.S. This has taken over my life to this point, so that’s why blogging and responding to comments dropped to non-existant. All Fledermaus all the time.

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  1. Supreme 90 | Ian Sidden says:
    March 12, 2012 at 8:01 am

    […] and while there are rest days, they are usually a week apart. During the production week of Die Fledermaus I added extra. I figured that building the set and moving it around was enough […]

  2. An Evening of Opera Scenes | Ian Sidden says:
    April 13, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    […] Die Fledermaus, my other big project has been opera scenes. The primary goal of these scenes is to introduce new […]

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