A muffled scream: The Threepenny Opera at Boston Lyric Opera

Von Kevin Wells, 21 März 2018

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Huntington Theatre, Boston, am 18 März 2018

Weill, Die Dreigroschenoper

Boston Lyric Opera

David Angus, Musikalische Leitung

James Darrah Black, Regie

Kelly Kaduce, Polly Peachum

Renée Tatum, Jenny

Christopher Burchett, Macheath

Daniel Belcher, Tiger Brown

Chelsea Basler, Lucy

Michelle Trainor, Celia Peachum

James Maddalena, Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

David Cushing, Bass

Jesse Darden, Tenor

Vera Savage, Mezzosopran

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****1

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**111

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*****

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***11

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*****

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****1

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Kevin Wells

Kevin Wells was bitten by the opera bug at 10, having heard a 1936 recording of Jussi Björling singing “Che gelida manina”. He has never been the same since. A student of voice, performance practice, the history of singing and opera, he holds advanced degrees in Italian and has lived and worked in Italy off and on since the 70s. La Scala became a second home as the Met had been during college daze. Now in his native Boston, he works as translator, tutor, and language coach, haunts Symphony Hall, and would haunt the Opera House had it not been demolished in 1958!

A muffled scream in the night: The Threepenny Opera at Boston Lyric Opera