A nice week

It has been a really nice week. Monday and Tuesday were very stressful because I wanted to put all the scenes together and to make all the effects, like fire, stage techniques and baby, etc. function perfectly. Happily, our efforts gave a payoff later this week. Thursday we rehearsed the final scene with Tina Kiberg. It turned out to be a bit chaotic and it made me rather worried as we would have to be ready for the run-through at 4 p.m. However the run-through went extremely well. We still have to make some technical adjustments, but suddenly we’re felling on top of it. We have the time we need to have it all finished on time.

The orchestra sounds so excellent and they’re working very hard with this material! Saturday’s rehearsal was Michael Schønwandt’s last chance to make corrections on the first act together with the orchestra.

All in all it felt so nice being able to finish the week with great reserves of energy left. We also ran both set changes on time today. If we can stay clear of any illness or technical difficulties (knock on wood) we will make it. Lovely!