As many of you know I have been volunteering with the International Opera Theater since the beginning of this year. I have found it rewarding work entirely different than anything I've done in the past. I have absolutely no experience with work in the arts but still have found useful things to do with this group. My first project with the IOT was Brundibar and the Children of Theresienstadt in January. It is a childrens opera that delivers a message of hope and renewal in the face of great tradegy and also memoralizes the 15,000 children lost at the concentration camp at Theresienstadt in the Czech Republic. All of us who worked on this were changed by the experience.
The heart and soul of the opera company is Karen Saillant. Her life's passion is the IOT and she has poured all she has into it. The opera company brings together diverse peoples and opens lines of communications by developing new operas or revitalizing old ones. Karen gathers all to her and the passion of her work. I orginally meet Karen through my church - Old St. Joseph's- where a mutual friend decided that the two of us could develop an audio tour of the church. We developed and produced an downloadable mp3 file for the church's website that tourgroups can use to take self guided tours. To make a long story short, I was the sound and technical part and Karen was the talent. We worked well together and when I heard she was doing Brundibar I offered to help. Things took off from there. My intention in writing the blog is to share some experiences and hopefully personal growth as I work with this opera company..
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