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“Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.” – Bill Cosby

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

The Opening Night of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (the last of Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti’s as Chief Conductor of the Rome Opera) has been an incredible success. So much so, that every performance has completely sold out. It has been a privilege to work on this production as Assistant Conductor. In this production, Maestro Gelmetti [...]


“I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.” – Bonnie Raitt

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Here I am back in Rome, in the final week of rehearsals for Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. After almost a month of rehearsals, the opera will open this coming Saturday night. After almost becoming a celebrity with my dancing replacing one of the cast members in rehearsal, I have decided that I should not [...]