These blog entries are answers to questions posed by Ellen Beare, a Classics student at Royal Holloway University of London, as part of the research for her third year dissertation paper discussing the portrayal of Queens in Opera. “What prompted you to tell Boudicca’s story in the first place?” I was working on a Read more >
We’re very honored to be featured in this weeks entertainment section of the Providence Journal… Check it out… By Andy Smith Journal Arts Writer “Queen Boudicca” is a family affair for Rhode Islander Bob Schlink: His wife, Carol A. Schlink, is the director, and his daughter, Ava Gaudet, plays Boudicca. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — What’s the Read more >
I spent a lot of time reading online material about the culture of the Iceni tribe of ancient Brittania as I was writing Queen Boudicca a Metal Opera. Although the history of this era is very sparse, consisting almost entirely of Tacitus’ account in his book The Agricola, there are also archeological records of surviving Read more >
Looking forward to the first road gig for Queen Boudicca a Metal Opera is a bit different experience than looking forward to the first performance at the BPC! As it stands right now, our Metal Opera is much more focused and prepared than we were at the BPC premier. Please do not take this as Read more >
I looked up the definitions of “art”, “fine arts”, and “work of art” today (hence the “Nerd’s Corner” subtitle!). These are apparently difficult to define, as demonstrated by the tendency to use the word that is being defined in the definition! The one I liked best was “Something requiring highly developed techniques and skills”, but Read more >
PLACES EVERYONE! Stage Manager here to report! You have to come see this Show!! If you have done Theatre you all know the stage managers word goes. My name is Caitlin Di Sarro and I am the Stage Manager for QUEEN BOUDICCA a Metal Opera. I am honered and thrilled to be working on such Read more >
Death growls, gutterals, frys, oh my. For some of us, it’s a very zen thing, and a lot of technique goes into creating the sounds we make. But to me, these extreme vocals come from a very primal place—like an animal growling to convey anger and inspire intimidation, or a berserker on the battlefield before Read more >
Day One for me in Queen Boudicca camp was incredible. Bob Schlink, the composer, has a way of describing his vision for the opera that is entirely compelling and inspiring—it would be an opera that pushes limits, breaks pre-conceived notions, opens the metal world up to a greater audience, uses guttural vocals and war horns Read more >
As you may or may not know, Queen Boudicca: A Metal Opera is based upon true historical events. Much of the story and the lyrical content was written based on what we know from the records of Tacitus, who was Agricola’s (in our production, Agricola is played by Eddie Shifflet) son-in-law. In fact, were it Read more >