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It was the sound of the applause from a crowd of roughly 200 people scattered around the auditorium. No matter how enthusiastic they might have been, 200 people can’t sound like the much larger crowds that usually keep the Opera House filled each season.
But to DeRenzi and other company members, that socially distanced audience produced a most joyful sound.
Though he tends to look at his job “through the eyes of conducting, for me it was just great that we were all together making music. There were people in the theater for the first time in a year and we were able to bring the community together, the performers, our crews and the audience.”