7:24 PM - Outside the Stage Door, Dolora Zajick Warms Up

By: Mike Melero, Queena Kim

The opera is almost about to start and we see mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick warming up. Zajick plays Amneris, daughter of the King of Egypt, one of the main roles in Aida.

It's often the case that professional classical musicians and singers don't like performing unexpectedly for video. They get self-conscious and a little paranoid that some random recording will capture them on a bad day and history will judge them unfairly. And so, it was really gracious of Dolora Zajick to let us tape her when she was warming up in the hallway offstage.