<p>I attended the fabulous performance of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro at Eastman last weekend. In Eastman’s defense, the ONLY role cast with an ESM faculty member was Bartolo. Honestly, it made sense. Bartolo is a very low bass, and maybe they simply didn’t have a student that had the low notes to sing the role credibly. The only other professional was one of the Figaros. That is two professionals… not “several.” As for the rest of the principal roles, it was entirely students - all the way from juniors to doctoral students. And again, it was a truly wonderful performance. I was very impressed with the talent I saw on stage.</p>