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Excerpt: Tosca, Act III

PUBLISHED: March 27, 2009, Bruce Hembd

One of the major operatic horn excerpts. In the Arizona Opera, we are currently performing Puccini’s Tosca. It contains one of the most commonly asked passages in any opera horn audition, the opening of Act III. All four horns begin the Act solo with a majestic theme performed in unison. Even if you don’t plan [...]

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At the Opera, Guns and Pills Don’t Mix

PUBLISHED: February 26, 2009, Bruce Hembd

From backstage at a production of Don Giovanni. When I wandered backstage at the current Arizona Opera production of Don Giovanni and saw the props table, the caption “pills and guns don’t mix” immediately came to mind. This is Opera after all…somebody might get hurt.

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The Most Insane and Crazy Carmen Story Ever Told – Part I

PUBLISHED: May 15, 2008, Bruce Hembd

When enough is not enough. A bullfight during the opera “Carmen.” Inspired by Jason Heath’s “Crazy Gig Stories,” (and his recent cartooning) this is a surreal gig story of my own – an oldie, but a goodie. Back in ’93 I was working in Mexico City with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, [...]

Arizona Orchestra News 2008

PUBLISHED: April 2, 2008, John Ericson

The April issue of The International Musician (the paper of the AFM, the musicians union) has two items of interest about Arizona orchestras. The first item is that the musicians of the Arizona Opera Orchestra have secured a tentative agreement. They had been working for the past year in “play-and-talk” mode. ASU horn grad (BM [...]

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