Word: fay
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...about $950,000,” she says. “About half of your budget is made up of ticket sales…so just imagine the amount of money that needs to be raised, and 90% of that will be from individual giving.” Still, Fay says the results are often pleasantly surprising...
...Fay moved to Boston in 1984 to study music and started working for BEMF in 1985 as an usher. She moved to the role of assistant to the director, then general manager and finally executive director in 1991. As a result, she has watched the organization grow and the early music scene change drastically...
...BEMF was contacted and offered the world premiere rights of the opera, says Fay. “We then traveled to Germany where we got to see and touch the original score. We also went to Russia where we auditioned Russian opera singers, since the story is Russian, though the composer was German...
After the gigantic task of picking an opera comes the even bigger task of producing it. “There are generally 150 costumes per opera, plus very demanding sets,” Fay says. “But that’s what I love the most about my job: the production, development, and realization of the opera. It’s incredibly rewarding...
...personally very excited about our Feb. 4 concert, which will be held in Sanders Theatre,” says Fay. “Hopefully we will be using Harvard’s fortepiano and one of Harvard’s professors will give a pre-concert lecture...