Why Salome? Some of you may be aware that there are exciting changes going on at the Capitol Theatre as part of a multi-stage renovation. When it became clear two years ago that, as a part of this renovation, the Capitol Theatre would need to…
In last week’s interview with Vita Tzykun, the Set and Costume Designer for Salome, she mentioned the importance of one of the set elements – seven spheres. The spheres represent the phases of the moon, and also play a prominent role in Salome’s Dance of…
This week I sat down with the Set and Costume Designer for our production of Strauss’ Salome, Vita Tzykun. Vita shared some of the symbolism from Salome that inspired her designs: “The opera Salome is very symbolic and it’s anything but realistic, and one of…
There is a certain amount of travel that comes with this job. Under the General Ledger it is called “Artistic Research” but it takes several guises. This weekend, the days just before we begin rehearsals in earnest for Salome, it is a mixed bag. Some…
Here is one costume piece that we are all in love with – Salome’s coat: It still needs a bit more work – the plan is that the circular shapes in the fabric will be highlighted and bejeweled. We’ll share an update with the finished…
With Salome opening in less than a month, the Costume Shop is hard at work finishing up the costumes and getting ready for fittings. I caught our milliner, Anna Marie, in the process of working on some headdresses. Here’s a quick peek!…
RICHARD STRAUSS 1864 – 1949 Very few composers have achieved equal success in both the Concert Hall and the Opera House. Bach spent much of his life providing music for the services at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, so his opportunities to compose for either CH or OH…
Richard Strauss was well aware of the challenge posed by his eponymous heroine: she should be, he said, a fifteen-year-old with the voice of an Isolde. Marie Wittich, who created the role of Salome, was a noted interpreter of Wagnerian heroines; she voiced many objections…