click on image above for a short slide presentation of scenes from The Enchanted Forest

The initial work chosen was The Enchanted Forest - thematically appropriate for this environment. The audience walks a trail through the woods and around the lake stopping at a different location for each of the twelve scenes that comprise the work. The design challenge was to choose locations that were suitable to the scene, within a distance from the previous scene that would allow for continuity and focus, and that would provide adequate sightlines. The final scene shown above had the audience placed on floating docks curving around the end of the bay. Candles were placed along the dock and floating candles completed the circle. Musicians and singers were placed beside and behind the audience. The soloist (Eleanor James) was on a raft with her voluminous skirt floating on the water. On two occasions, the final aria was accompanied by Northern Lights playing over the singer's head.