I will also be at the Matinee on the 12th. (Maybe we could get together for a drink afterwards for some good old fashioned Hillary bashing?) Normally I don't like to miss my Synagogue on Saturday morning, but the Guild has started a program where they discuss conducting choices in an hour and a half presentation with scores distributed before several operas. After that there was an option for s Score Desk ticket for $5 which I happily accepted. I mostly sit in the Orchestra, but I have sat all over the house (even in the second to last row of the family circle) but never at a Score Desk. I have been curious what it is like and it looks like I will find out. BTW, I did go to the opening performance of Tell. I've always liked the music ever since I acquired the Chailly/London LP set when it was issued. And I was sorry I had to wait so long to attend a performance.
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Yes, I think getting together after the performance for Hill bashing would be fun. I also saw the opener (when Luisi is conducting I always go three times so I can pick up on all the details he brings out). I couldn’t believe the casting they did for William Tell’s son - this was supposed to be a young Swiss boy and here they have a fat Afro-American with a big messy Afro hair-do - I didn’t realize this was supposed to be his son until much later.
I’ll be sitting in the Orchestra (row E). How will I recognize you?