To the World: a musical geography lesson at Glimmerglass

Von Cameron Kelsall, 09 August 2021

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, am 8 August 2021

Programm beinhaltet:

Kander, Music from Cabaret

Bernstein, Candide

Bock, Anatevka

Herman, Film music from Hello, Dolly!: Before the Parade Passes By

Porter, Kiss me, Kate

Schönberg, Music from Les Misérables

Guettel, The Light in the Piazza

Leigh, Man of La Mancha

Loewe, My Fair Lady

Bernstein, On the Town

Rodgers, The Sound of Music

Horner, Film music from Titanic

Eric Sean Fogel, Regie

Isabel Leonard, Mezzosopran

William Burden, Tenor

Alexandria Shiner, Sopran

Helen Zhibing Huang, Sopran

Michael Mayes, Bariton

Aaron Crouch, Tenor

Kameron Lopreore, Tenor

Armando Contreras, Bariton

Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra

James Lowe, Musikalische Leitung

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Edward Sava-Segal, 3rd August

Stravinsky’s fable of desire and downfall receives a meticulously unified staging in Glimmerglass’s 50th season.

****1

A dark, delicious take on Elizabeth Cree at Glimmerglass Festival

Cameron Kelsall, 28th July

Mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught anchors a fluid and appealingly staged new production of Kevin Puts' penny dreadful.

****1

Child's play: inventive, moving Rinaldo at Glimmerglass

Cameron Kelsall, 31st July

Director Louisa Proske refracts Handel's tale of warlords and witches through the prism of a juvenile dream world, aided by a game cast headed by Anthony Roth Costanzo.

****1

Simon Godwin directs Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at Glimmerglass

Edward Sava-Segal, 30th July

The English theatre directs turns his hand to opera with a staging of Gounod's take on Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers.

****1

Brian Vu and Meredith Arwady shine in Glimmerglass Candide

David Wolfson, 8th July

Glimmerglass Opera Festival’s production of Candide leans heavily on a dry comedic sensibility, which most of the cast execute admirably.

***11

Gods and Mortals: a Wagnerian hit parade at Glimmerglass

Cameron Kelsall, 8th August

Soprano Alexandra Shiner displays extraordinary vocal promise and stage presence across a host of Wagner's great female roles.

****1

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Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.

To the World offers a musical geography lesson at the Glimmerglass Festival