Just when you think nothing fun and interesting is going to happen, someone comes along and asks you to be in an opera. At least that's what just happened to me. A group of musicians are staging Amal and the Night Visitors at one of the small theaters at The Bushnell. The orchestra conductor, and Amal's father, asked me and my friend Beth to be the soprano section of the shepherds. Yay! We're both a couple of hams so we said sure. It will be staged the Sunday after Thanksgiving, costumes and all.
The music I'm familiar with, but memorizing lyrics? I haven't had to do that since I can't remember when. THAT will be a challenge, especially with those long lists of names "Emily, Emily, Michael Bartholemew, how are your children and how are your sheep? Dorothy, Dorothy, Matthew, Evangeline..." Then the long list of provisions: "Olives and quinces, apples and raisins, nutmeg and myrtle, medlars and chestnuts..." What the heck is a medlar anyway? Clearly some googling will be required.
n.
1. A deciduous European tree (Mespilus germanica) having white flowers and edible apple-shaped fruit.
2. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or made into preserves.
1. A deciduous European tree (Mespilus germanica) having white flowers and edible apple-shaped fruit.
2. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or made into preserves.
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