Field Marshal Kutuzov (Samuel Ramey) reviews the troops, war is about to begin.
(photo: Ken Howard)

Friday’s final dress rehearsal was our first and only run-through of the entire opera and it was also a photo and press call. There were camera teams from a number of television stations (including Russian TVI) in the supers room at one time or another, plus The New York Times, the Daily News, and the wire services of the Associated Press and Reuters who were interviewing and taking photos. It was interesting this morning to do a quick Google News search and find a number of articles about the large cast of supers in War and Peace in newspapers as far flung as the India Times and Russia Today. Mr. DeMille, we are ready for our close-up!

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