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sandiegoopera OP t1_j6xxcyy wrote

Reply to comment by Vincenzo_Chillone in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera

There are two music staff people most important in a production. Dialogue begins with the Resident Conductor months in advance to decide how many strings we’ll have in the pit, what backstage instruments are needed for effects, how many singers in the chorus. Once I arrive, the rehearsals are all done with a pianist who represents the orchestra. And once (after 2/3 weeks) the music and staging are synchronized, only then do we add the last piece, the orchestra.

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