Now that I've caught up on all the posts since I left this afternoon, I'm here with the news from Eden, as Tomovoz requested...
All in all, I'd say it was a reasonable high school final dress rehearsal... just happened to be on opening night.

Some very nice moments, some very un-nice moments, with the rest ranging everywhere in between. Still, definitely a step above last night, and far beyond the total crapfest we were seeing last week. We were pleased with the overall tonight, and have 5 more performances to fix the rest. My bit as Abel went off without a hitch, so that's good.
Orchestra and conductor more than earned their paychecks tonight (of course, this being a student pit, they're not being paid, but...). A number of spots tonight where they were having to jump a few beats or measures in any given direction to find the singers. The extreme lack of counting abilities by the singers in those spots can probably be chalked up largely to nerves, so should hopefully be better tomorrow.