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Tag: Opera Stage Management 101

Dear Lighting Designers: A Friendly Request from your Calling Stage Managers

October 27, 2021 cue2go
Photo of a stage manager's calling score for an opera, with six cues on one page

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Filed under: Calling Cues, Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, Dance, Musical Theatre, Opera, Opera Stage Management 101, Real Life SM Stories, SM Tips

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Seven: A Backstage Peek at the Met’s Stage Managers

August 14, 2020 cue2go
Met stage managers Terry Ganley and Ray Menard

Yesterday, the Metropolitan Opera posted a Facebook video (embedded at the bottom of this post) highlighting two members of their…

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Filed under: Opera, Opera Stage Management 101, Real Life SM Stories, SM Tips, Technology in Stage Management, Thoughts on Articles Read

Britten’s Orchestra Marking – Curlew Sign

April 10, 2019 cue2go

While not part of my official Opera Stage Management 101 series, I’m tagging this one as such, too. When you’re…

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Filed under: Opera, Opera Stage Management 101, Real Life SM Stories

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Six: Piano Tech & Artist Takeover Day

October 6, 2018 cue2go 1 Comment

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Filed under: Eeyore and Erin, Opera Stage Management 101, Pop Culture References, Real Life SM Stories, Stage Management Humor, Technology in Stage Management

Opera Stage Management 101: Part Five – During Rehearsal

September 24, 2018 cue2go

[This blog series was started for the Stage Managers’ Association.] The previous blog posts (start here if this is your…

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Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, Real Life SM Stories, Stage Management Paperwork

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Four: Timing the Score

July 9, 2018 cue2go

[This blog series was started for the Stage Managers’ Association. Part Four has been a bit delayed due to my…

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Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, SM Tips, Stage Management Paperwork, Technology in Stage Management

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Three: Setting Up Your Score

June 11, 2018 cue2go 8 Comments

This blog series was published first on the Stage Managers’ Association website. At the time of writing, I am a Director-at-Large…

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Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, SM Tips, Stage Management Paperwork

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Two: The Personnel

May 29, 2018 cue2go 2 Comments

The character list (in Italian and English) for Donizetti’s DON PASQUALE This blog series was published first on the Stage Managers’…

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Opera Stage Management 101 – Part One: Generalities

May 21, 2018 cue2go 9 Comments

This blog series was published first on the Stage Managers’ Association website. At the time of writing, I am a…

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Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, SM Tips
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