Neue Kritikenmehr...
West Edge Opera’s Snapshots of the future
The program presented excerpts from five new works in a riotously diverse selection, from an adaptation of the unfinished Fitzgerald novel, The Last Tycoon, to Death of a Playboy, an imaginary reenactment of Hugh Hefner’s funeral.
A dreamlike forest in an abandoned train station: The Cunning Little Vixen at West Edge Opera
The sets, costumes, and venue contribute to the atmosphere, but it's the singing and playing of Janáček's enchanting music that make West Edge Opera's The Cunning Little Vixen magical.
The “other” Bohème delights at West Edge Opera
Leoncavallo's rarely produced La bohème offers enchanting musical variety, delivered in a well-cast concert staging by West Edge Opera.
Transforming George Eliot's Middlemarch into opera
Shearer’s music is lush, elegant and witty. There is a playful irony that asserts itself.