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The Answer to the Backdrop Puzzle

Submitted by Helen Vasey, Producer

The last pieces of the puzzle are finally falling into place in preparation for our final rehearsals. The flip side of producing an opera in such an amazing setting is, well, producing an opera in such an unusual setting! Luckily we have a great team of people behind us, coming up with creative solutions to the interesting problems we send in their direction. Putting up a backdrop in a normal theater may be a rather standard procedure but it certainly wasn’t business as usual for two of our facility management staff on Friday night. Brian Dunne and Jason Roberts carefully wrestled 40 ft of canvas backdrop (x2!) to create the gorgeous stage set we’ll be unveiling on Tuesday night. No small feat given the many delicate chandeliers dangling by their heads, and the fact that nothing can be attached to our priceless mosaic tiled walls and ceiling.