I’ve gotten to that point in the opera now where things are going to build up, starting at a pretty intense mood. Don W. today told me about good models for including all my voices/characters–it’s really an octet with the chorus. Wagner’s Meistersinger, even his Flying Dutchman, Stravinsky, Mozart, of course. I’m hoping that some of the voices I’m hearing in combination now, the previous worries and sentiments from the characters that led up to this point, will make ironic comments on one another when juxtaposed. Something that can give a picture of how they all interact and give the audience some pleasure seeing their favorite moments or character again. The choir/quartet is asking the filmstar for a speech engagement to raise funds for them, the filmstar is asking himself what he’s ever done for anyone, the green VIP is wishing she’d never had this party, her ex-boyfriend, the greenwash corporate sell-out, is nursing his wounds at getting rejected by both of the latter, and the eco-warrior is trying to psych herself into her mission to detonate a bomb. Now, if I can work their anxiety from its parts into some sort of intensely nerve-wracking music drama…