\u201cOur company has commissioned this work from [composer] Andrew MacDonald,\u201d says Robert Holliston, who worked as a vocal coach on the production. \u201cThe person who wrote the play, Stephen Massicote, is actually also providing the text for the opera, which is not always the case.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary\u2019s Wedding<\/em> has been in the works for the last three years. With a production cycle longer than some major Hollywood movies, there can be a lot of pressure.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople do expect highly of this company at this stage of our development,\u201d says Holliston.<\/p>\n Working on a high-pressure production of this kind makes everyone involved develop coping skills for any performance-related anxiety, says Holliston.<\/p>\n \u201cBut in some ways it gets more difficult, because your standards tend to raise,\u201d he says. \u201cThe more experienced and the more accomplished you feel that you are within the whole process, the better you want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n The production represents a massive investment of time, money, and talent. According to Holliston, the key to success in a huge undertaking like this is clear organization and lines of communication.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo things contribute to the relative smooth running of every production,\u201d he says. \u201cThe first is that we all understand what we have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the second, Holliston says that a smooth production needs a hierarchy.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely inevitable that there may be differences of opinion, but that hierarchy has to be respected,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s no room for democracy in art.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Marys-Wedding_006481.jpg\" "\\"Marys-Wedding_006481\\"")
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