New Faculty Member Patrick Diamond Infuses Theatrical Expertise in Directorial Debut with the Eastman Opera Theatre
At an early October opera rehearsal in the Eastman School of Music’s black box theater, Rihanna’s “This is What You Came For” blasts over the speakers and a group of opera singers are clapping, snapping their fingers, strutting, and using jazz hands to the beat in a mini dance routine. It was a warm-up exercise…