Dracula Triumphant

Hi - I'm not going to rehash old arguments already brought up here, but I would like to just take the time to say that the orchestra did an excellent job, and I think that perhaps people have overlooked this.

True, the show may have not been successful or have appealed to most people, but the consistent feedback I have heard from almost everyone I talked to about the show was that the music was almost always well-played (the comments in reviews about the french horn only apply to preview night - that player was very quickly replaced with an excellent player who did everyone a great service by coming in at short notice to fill the rest of the show).
So in essence, I think that the orchestra as a whole (and not necessarily including myself in this) should be congratulated for the excellent work that they put into the show, and I certainly felt priveleged to play with everyone at the Theatre Royal - regardless of what was happening onstage the fact still stands that the orchestra put in a lot of time and possessed a lot of talent, and I wish that every aspect of the show went as well as the music.

So there's my two cents - not intending to spark any controversy here, but the quality of the orchestra was very high (a lot of players were students at the Sydney Conservatorium) and they devoted a lot of time and effort to the show that should be recognised.