So you think that after the curtain goes down on the show, nothing happens until you come to the next opera... right? WRONG!
There is so much that happens year round at Mobile Opera. When our 2008-2009 season closed in March, the office started work, immediately, on the 2009-2010 season. Don't get me wrong, we had already been working on it for about 6 months, but April started the huge push to get it up and running.
The ticket office has been busy processing all of the orders, grants are written and rewritten, education is working on programs, and marketing is in full swing. So much to do before you walk into the theater again in October.
For me, I have been busy getting all of the music ready for Love & Lust. With 19 music selections on the program, I have been spending a lot of time at the copy machine. Parts for the chorus, soloists and orchestra have to be ready to go months before the first rehearsal (October 17th).
Also- it is right now that I am working on the programing for the 2010-2011 season! What?? Yes. That is right. I must have all of the preliminary work done on my end for 2010-2011 before the October board of directors meeting. Budgets have to be figured out and in order to do that, I have to picks the shows, finds sets and costumes, cast (at least start looking), hire stage directors, lighting designers, stage managers, wigs and make-up, etc... All of this has to be done so I can put a dollar figure to it and then turn it in to the finance committee. But, more about that in a future blog!
So, stop on by the Mobile Opera office. I promise we will stop running around long enough to say Hi!
I know we will stop long enough to sell you some tickets!
Until the next blog... See you soon!
