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Despite being on a diet, the maestro is running late from lunch. Yesterday it was Lucio's fine dining in Paddington ("wonderful"); today something "very light. I am trying to lose weight," says Gianluigi Gelmetti, the reigning musical head of the Rome Opera and new chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney Symphony. Finally he arrives at the Sydney Opera House in true Italian style, accompanied by a translator and publicist, among others. After a few minutes of tentative English, he warms up to his subject. "I think it's a very important moment," he says of the coming...
...served as a reheasal pianist for a bunch of on-campus shows, performing with G&S at the Loeb, but I was most involved with the DHO. From there I started getting into producing: twice for DHO and once for HRDC (Into the Woods). While I absolutely love opera, I cannot sing at all, so producing was the best way for me to involve myself and be as close as I could to the actual performances without being on stage. I am also a broadcaster for WHRB and have an opera show Sunday nights every other week...
What do you find rewarding about performing opera? What inspires you, as a busy college student, to continue to participate...
Well, I’m not quite sure how it happened, but I really can’t live without opera. I drag a whole bunch of recordings with me to school every year and especially when things get crazy, listening to opera or concentrating on DHO has a calming effect – I’m sure most of us would say the same about our extracurriculars…Personally, I value the quality of the singing above all else, but perhaps it’s the many levels of any opera performance (orchestra, singing, acting, scenery, costumes...
...literary theory class I took last semester, taught by one of my favorite professors, Alice Jardine, I was assigned to approach opera from the point of view of the performer for my final project. I interviewed several singers, conductor, and a director about the portrayal of madness in operatic productions. It was really, really fascinating to see what they all had to say and where their opinions diverged and was quite refreshing as well to focus on performers instead of on just the music itself. Hopefully this will be something I can return to in the future...