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duct his last symphony with the New York Philharmonic on June 27, immediately after which he will fly back to Rappahannock to begin conducting each of the operas that will play during the festival.
“We’re up ahead of schedule,” he beamed, referring to the big tent.
"Ibday is also the first proper rehearsal day” he said.
This reporter got to walk around a mostly empty theater that already has been transformed into the set for The Turn of the Screw, an opera which will play for two nights beginning on on July 3.
Janet Robey explained that at the height of the festival, they will be feeding and accommodating more than 200 persons.
They have brought in a consultant - Karen Liot-Hill from New Hampshire - just to manage the volunteers they are hoping will help with transportation and hosting duties.
Performers and musicians (and crew) need to be picked up at the airport, shuttled around the sprawling Castleton estate and to and from The Link community center in Sperryville where several rehearsals will take place.
Meanwhile, Janet’s husband, Terry, is making sure that not only the fighting and tent are operating safely, but he’s trying to ensure that a sea of mud doesn’t cover the floor of the opera tent.
When it’s finished, there will be a lobby area, a seating area, the stage and backstage areas, and a bathroom complex that is literally trucked
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