Happy New Year from all of us at the Florentine Opera! Feel free to tell us your resolutions, opera-related or otherwise, in the comment section.
William Florescu, General Director:
My New Year’s Resolution is to have the Florentine Opera move forward as an integral part of this community – with our productions, education and outreach, and through helping to be a catalyst (along with our colleagues) in promoting our great arts and culture sector more widely, and getting the arts in Milwaukee more recognized for their excellence.
Lesley Stone, Stage Manager:
I want to have arms like Michelle Obama by Summer 2010.
Lindsey Denil, Marketing & Development Project Coordinator:
To file the papers on my desk in a file labeled something other than “File.” Also, I would like to finally get a plant for my office. I’ve said it at least a few times a year since I came to the Florentine that I should get one…over three years ago! Last but not least, going through and organizing the 600 emails in my inbox sounds delightful as well.
Cindy Hosale, Director of Development:
I resolve to break a lifelong commitment to anonymity and do whatever it is you do to be “on Facebook”, although as a member of the Professional Organization of English Majors (POEM), I’m pretty sure it is not a book and I’m absolutely sure it is not going to have my face on it, but, in order to know what’s going on just about everywhere with just about everyone, I’ll crawl out of the ’60’s and into the ’10’s. Want to be my friend?
Elizabeth Gardner, Director of Education & Outreach:
My New Year’s Resolution is simple: start singing again!
Kathryn Reinardy, Marketing & PR Manager:
I’m not exactly sure how my two resolutions (One, master the perfect pie crust and two, lose 20 pounds) will work in conjunction, but I predict that my family, friends and co-workers will be eating a lot more pie in 2010.
I have resolved not to: yup, no resolutions for me. I’m really gonna try to get my butt to the gym 3 times a week despite a Florentine schedule that bars one from any sort of routine personal schedule = that’s a personal game and not really a resolution. Music is my Muse meaning I’m always looking forward to embracing more musical forms other than opera = if you know me then you understand that to mean ‘rap’ and ‘country/western’ for the rest of ‘em I already appreciate on one level or another. I love it when art imitates life and hope my Camerata pals will grow to understand that most of their drama has already been put to music by some pretty terrific musicians = wishful thinking… Alas, I think I will resolve not to.