Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters make strange company at Gotham Chamber Opera

Von Amanda Keil, 15 November 2011

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: John Jay College: The Gerald W Lynch Theater, New York City, am 12 November 2011

Muhly, Dark Sisters

Gotham Chamber Opera

Caitlin Lynch, Sopran

Eve Gigliotti, Mezzosopran

Jennifer Check, Sopran

Margaret Lattimore, Sopran

Jennifer Zetlan, Sopran

Kevin Burdette, Bass

Kristina Bachrach, Sopran

A fresh, funny Martinů double bill

Richard Peters, 14th October

Gotham Chamber Opera's current double bill of Bohuslav Martinů's Alexandre bis and Comedy on the Bridge prove that an opera company doesn’t need to be the biggest in town to be the most innovative.

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The Raven is a riveting start to the NY Phil Biennial

Rebecca Lentjes, 28th May

Conducted by Neal Goren, the musicians breathed across and blew notelessly into their instruments, creating layers of sounds that grew ever more intriguing as the repetition of the word “nevermore” grew ever more sinister.

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Pack a picnic for Gotham Chamber Opera's La hija de Rappaccini

Stephen Raskauskas, 17th June

On Monday, Gotham Chamber Opera presented Daniel Catán’s opera La hija de Rappaccini (“Rappaccini’s Daughter”) in the Cherry Esplanade at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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Cavalli goes disco in Gotham Chamber Opera's Eliogabalo

Zerbinetta, 23rd March

Describing its new production of Francesco Cavalli’s 1668 opera Eliogabalo, the Gotham Chamber Opera compares the exploits of titular depraved Roman emperor Heliogabalus to Salome. There’s an obvious mistake here: Salome is an opera; Heliogabalus was a historical figure.

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Der Freischütz am Staatstheater Nürnberg: Romantik mit Drohnen

Michael Vieth, 12th April

Gegen neumodisch zeitgenössische Kriegsspiele und KI-generierte Bilderfluten wusste sich das Opernensemble des Staatstheaters Nürnberg mit romantischer Klangsensibilität zu behaupten.

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Bombastischer Barock: Alessandro nell‘Indie am Theater an der Wien

Norman Schwarze, 12th April

Max Emanuel Cencic ist mit seiner Inszenierung von Leonardo Vinics Stück über Alexander dem Großen ein echter Geniestreich gelungen. Selten war eine Opera seria so bunt, kurzweilig und trotzdem durchweg authentisch.

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Amanda Keil

Amanda Keil is a native New Yorker who sings, teaches, writes about music and fundraises for the arts. Her broad musical interests have led her to perform music from ancient to modern times, and she is the founder of Musica Nuova, which stages Baroque songs in modern settings. She blogs at thousandfoldecho.