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Last night, I was called to the boss's office after my shift.
It was to sign papers, promoting me to floor supervisor. I get a raise and more official power. I have unofficially been floor supervising throughout The Ring, but now I can put it on a resume.
I haven't written here in a long time, and maybe no one here even knows I am employed by the new opera house. It's a lovely job and we are treated spectacularly. During the Ring, we got catered meals during our shifts, with most delicious food you could imagine.
It has been really spectacular, working The Ring. I chatted with Atom Egoyan and the Maestro's wife. I handed Margaret Atwood a program. I got tipped for opening doors. Not to be hyperbolic, but I actually feel like I got to be part of history. The feeling the minute before those doors opened on the opening night of the first cycle - I just felt like I was about to be part of something really special. And then, a minute later, I felt Oh- my-God-I-have-950-people-to-seat-on-my-floor-and-there-is-no-late-call-or-intermission- Good-fuck.
I'm going miss The Ring. It was long and hard as hell and we were really thrown in to the fire, opening an opera house with 18 hours of Wagner, but it was amazing. When people left on the Sundays - when we've all really been through something together - I got the most lovely comments and questions. People thanking me for my smiles all week. People telling me how much the week meant to them.
I'm going to miss peering at the plasma screen TVs and watching the utter beauty of these shows. Even now, I'm sad I'm not going to get to see Das Rheingold again. The staging is so lovely. There is so much movement of fabric on stage throughout that piece, and it is so breath-taking. When the large gold fabric flows onstage to create the Rhein - God, I gasp every time.
I'm going to miss the music. Well, parts of it. Tonight is the "Kill the Wabbit" section, so that always entertains and the ending to Valkyries is heart-wrenching.
Ah, I love my job.
Speaking of which, they'd probably prefer it if I showed up washed and not in PJs.
It was to sign papers, promoting me to floor supervisor. I get a raise and more official power. I have unofficially been floor supervising throughout The Ring, but now I can put it on a resume.
I haven't written here in a long time, and maybe no one here even knows I am employed by the new opera house. It's a lovely job and we are treated spectacularly. During the Ring, we got catered meals during our shifts, with most delicious food you could imagine.
It has been really spectacular, working The Ring. I chatted with Atom Egoyan and the Maestro's wife. I handed Margaret Atwood a program. I got tipped for opening doors. Not to be hyperbolic, but I actually feel like I got to be part of history. The feeling the minute before those doors opened on the opening night of the first cycle - I just felt like I was about to be part of something really special. And then, a minute later, I felt Oh- my-God-I-have-950-people-to-seat-on-my-floor-and-there-is-no-late-call-or-intermission- Good-fuck.
I'm going miss The Ring. It was long and hard as hell and we were really thrown in to the fire, opening an opera house with 18 hours of Wagner, but it was amazing. When people left on the Sundays - when we've all really been through something together - I got the most lovely comments and questions. People thanking me for my smiles all week. People telling me how much the week meant to them.
I'm going to miss peering at the plasma screen TVs and watching the utter beauty of these shows. Even now, I'm sad I'm not going to get to see Das Rheingold again. The staging is so lovely. There is so much movement of fabric on stage throughout that piece, and it is so breath-taking. When the large gold fabric flows onstage to create the Rhein - God, I gasp every time.
I'm going to miss the music. Well, parts of it. Tonight is the "Kill the Wabbit" section, so that always entertains and the ending to Valkyries is heart-wrenching.
Ah, I love my job.
Speaking of which, they'd probably prefer it if I showed up washed and not in PJs.