LOOKING AHEAD ON ARTS AVENUE. WE ARE JOINED BY JANA AND ZACHARY OFHE T FLORENTINE OPERA THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE NEXT WEEK AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. GOOD MORNING. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CAROLS AND CLASSICS. YEAH, WE HAVE THREE PERFORMANCES COMING UP THE YEAH YOU DECEMBER 10TH AT THE AT THE WILSON CENTER, DECEMBER 11TH AT THE LEADERS OPERA CENTER AND DECEMBER 14TH AT SAINT PAUL’S CHURCH. THAT’S RIGHT. THEY ALL STARTED 70:3 THE MUSIC RUNS THE GAMUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE TRADITNAIOL. WE’VE GOT IT IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN AND POPPY WE’VE GOT IT. IT’S TRULY IS CAROL’S AND CLASSICS. ABSOLUTELY. SO I UNDERSTAND. THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANCES TO CATCH A SHOW IN CASE SOMEONE CAN’T MAK OENE OF THOSE SH OWINGS, RIGHT? RIGHT, EXACTLY. SO ALL THREE WILL BE THE SAME PERFORMANCE, BUT THEY’LL JUST BE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. YEAH, SO WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THAT PEOPLE WALK AWAY FROM AFTER THIS? THAT WE’VE GOT MICUS ANYIN KD OF MUSIC THAT SOMEONE COULD WANT TO INSPIRE THEM TO HAVE THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. WE’VE GOT IT. AWESOME. SO, CAN I ASK WHERE YOU GUYS JOININGS U LIVE FROM RIGHT NOW SEE A PIANO IN THE BACKGROUND? YEAH, THIS IS OUR PIANO. THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE AT THE AN OPERA CENTER HERE IN RIVERWEST. THIS IS OUR REHEARSAL ROOM. THIS IS OUR ACTUALLY THIS IS WHEER WE PERFORM AS WELL WE GET TO OVERLOOK. IS THIS BURLEIGH RIGHT HERE? YEAH BURLEIGH AND HUMBOLDT. WE’RE HERE IN THE RIVER WEST. YEP ON SEOM AWESOME. SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET READY FOR THIS PERFORMANCE? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD WE EXPECT? UM, WELL I WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE SURE EVERYBODY BRING SOME MASKS AND THAT EVERYBODY THERE WLIL BE NO, YOU KNOW REFRESHMENTS OR ANYTHING FOR COVID-19 PROTOCOL, BUT WE WILL BE BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE LIVE PERFORMANCES AGAIN, WHICH IS SO EXCITING FOR US. YEAH, WHAT DOES IT MEAN EXACTLY FOR YOU ALL TBEO ABLE TO YOU KNOW, SEE PEOPLE JUST IN PERSON IT KIND OF EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RIGHT NOW AND LAST YEAR. OH, IT MEANS IT MEANS EVERYTHING I SPENT MOST OF THE LAST YEAR JUST SITTING ON MY BED DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THE CHANCE TO TOSOLUTELY NOTHING THE CHANCE TO PERFORM AGAIN FOR PEOPLE AND TO TO MAKE MUSIC AND ANDPR SEAD JOY. IT’S IT’S INCREDIBLE. AND WHY DO YOU FEEL IT’S SO IMRTPOANT JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO REALLY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ARTS. WELL ONE TNGHI I THINK WE’VE LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND DURING THE QUARANTINE IS THAT AS WONDERFUL AS TECHNOLOGY IS BEING ABLE TO MAYBE LIKE ZOOM OR MAKE VIOSDE A REAL HUMAN CONNECTION THAT MUSIC AND LIVE THEATER CAN OFFEISR IRREPLACEABLE THE COMING TOGETHER AND EXPERIENCING THE STORIES AND THEUSIC M ALL IN ONE ROOM. IT’S LIKE WE WERE STARVING AND NOW WE GETO T IT’S JUST IT’S JUST IT’S JUS