Opening Night - La Boheme

Opening night... images appear on stage in the dark, everyone takes their place. The long hours of rehearsals, the hard work of the designers, the lighting, the sets all come together in an instant. The stage is set and you are in an apartment in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Act I sounds beautiful as I listened for my cue to come up to the stage.

Matthew  Crockett's Act I photo

Act II and its dark again.. places places everyone.. Angela get on your ladders... Lights up with an explosion of wonderment, surprise and awe. We are back in the Latin Quarter Christmas Eve in the market. Towns folks all around. Me, in my window looking down at the scene. Our voices fill the air, watching, singing, reacting to the sights.

Matthew Crockett's photo of Act II-I am sitting on the cafe edge.

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Act III, backstage beautiful lady voices singing from a far, the snow, the men singing their pub song. You are taken there, the quiet early morning scene. Workers, townsfolk, fill the stage preparing for the day ahead. When all seems bleak, the sadness fills the room, the heartbreak, the love lost, a bride and groom are a dream of what should have been. Then they are gone and its dark again. 

Denny Well's photo of Loren and me.

Act IV, Sounds of missed love, missed opportunity, songs of comic relief. Then Musetta and Mimi return with the sad news. Mimi is sick and may die. The theme of love lost and what should have been returns. Mimi dies and Ruldolfo's heart is torn apart.

Matthew Crockett's Act IV photo

We had so much fun Opening Night. The cast and crew did such a great job. I didn't fall off my platform or ladders, things went smoothly.  Our cast party was held at a lovely restaurant called Ginger.

We still have Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to perform. I hope it goes as well as Opening Night. I feel so blessed to be apart of this talented cast. Thank you my new friends for taking me in and making me feel welcome.

Talented photographers have been documenting our progress. Matthew Crockett's site listed here gives beautiful aspects of our show.

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Matthew Crockett's picture of the Performing Arts Center

Thank you to my fellow cast mates, to our stage management team, our backstage crew, costume department, our Maestro and Director... You all are awesome to work with. I look forward to working with you again. 

With a thankful heart-Love,

Angela