Posts Tagged ‘maria severa’

 

Starting rehearsals for Maria Severa

I am inspired.
I just returned home from the first read-through/sing-through of Maria Severa, which is a part of this season’s Reading Series. The script (written by our very own Paul Sportelli and Jay Turvey) is based on folklore of a Portuguese prostitute who created the style of music we now know as Fado.
We’ve had [...]

I can think of worse ways to spend an afternoon…

Tuesday afternoon.
Beautiful summer day.
Sitting by the lake, with an iced cappuccino, reading Maria Severa.
Life’s good.

Off to the races!

Well, here we go! My first entry to the Shaw Blog I’m excited to be here. Why don’t I tell you a bit about myself to get things started?
This is my first season here at the Festival. I arrived in Niagara on the Lake in the middle of February when rehearsals first started. [...]