THE GREAT WORK OF GRATITUDE Musicians, staff, and crew alike should never contemplate deep things, much less the state of their anxiety, during what we call “tech week” in the opera industry. Usually this entails several long rehearsals in a row for everyone. Sometimes glaring errors or issues appear in these final, stressful nights before a production opens. Often, they resolve themselves in the performances. Tensions and stress are high, with little respite and almost no re