There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast

So we did it. As of the end of today's rehearsal we have staged the entire opera. Puh-lenty of review and polish and drill to be done, but it is always a wonderful day when you finish the first draft. We spent most of the day working on the Katisha/Ko-Ko stretch from "O Living I" through "There is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast". A little bit of everything, from high drama to Scottish Reel. Plus a fantastic stretch of dialogue (almost Shakespearean) from Ko-Ko. That's the set model to the left. You can see Katisha's wagon SL, and the cherry blossom tree has our tit-willow perched on it. That's Ko-Ko in the pseudo zoot suit, and Katisha is the flaming Kabuki demon to his right.

Tomorrow we head back to the beginning and start to review. This is when the fun really begins.