So, we decided to have some fun with our soloists and staff for Opera For The People. Because we’re like that.

First up, Grace Gori, mezzo soprano. Ms. Gori will sing several pieces this weekend. Tickets are available online now.

VCS: What you love most about being on stage.

GG: When things are really “working” and we performers are really communicating with our audience, it’s as if there’s electricity in the air, sort of like an energy feedback loop between the audience and the performers.   It’s really exciting to feel that people are being touched by what we are creating on stage.

VCS: We say “opera,” you think?

GG: I think the world’s greatest music creating bigger-than-life drama.

VCS: Opera is better than ….? 

GG: Donuts.  [Read more…]