We wanted to pick one of the preeminent names of American scenic design to work with us on that project, and that was Michael Yeargan. I think that the project was a fantastic success. In fact, the whole thing has been picked up by the New Orleans opera. In a year and half or so, the whole thing will go to New Orleans for remounting with the cast, the conductor and with myself directing. The little side thing that we wanted to do was to mount a really fun concert of operatic artists of the past season.
Opera is very visceral.
It has people yelling and responding loudly throughout the evening. It's that kind of almost sport experience. It's very physical. It's very athletic. Ask to be put on the mailing list to receive a season brochure and issues of OperAustin, their very informative newsletter about upcoming Austin Lyric Opera productions and other scheduled events.