The blahs fade; Versailles elegance arrives
As the pandemic persisted, some actors and musicians felt the world closing in on them.
“Most of us went through a period of depression,” soprano Isabel Leonard (shown here, left) told the Television Critics Association. “I think we … felt sort of at odds with our existence.”
Working from home may be fine for people pounding on laptops; it’s less satisfying if you sing arias in packed concert halls. Leonard did some teaching, some video work and some fidgeting.
But she also helped plan a semi-solution: “Three Divas at Versailles” (10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8) puts sopranos on a sparse stage in a grand setting – the concert hall of the Palace of Versailles. Read more…