Don Giovanni, L'Elisir D'Amore and more!

So we had our first chamber orchestra rehearsal last night and it was hectic! Sightreading some suites from Don Giovanni (Mozart), followed by L’Elisir D’Amore (Donizetti) and finishing with a rehearsal of Die Zauberflote (Mozart).  Everything went really well for a first sightread through, although since the concert venue/rehearsal venue is outside in a cortile (courtyard) it can get very windy!! Clothes pegs are a necessity at the moment to hold the music together.  We have a busy schedule ahead with rehearsals starting very soon on other opera suites: Verdi’s Falstaff, The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Verdi’s La Traviata and Carmen by Bizet.  Off to a rehearsal for a Haydn Trio! Ciao!