He knew why the caged bird sings

Por David Browning, 09 junio 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia el 7 junio 2015

Schnyder, Charlie Parker's Yardbird

Opera Philadelphia

Corrado Rovaris, Dirección

Ron Daniels, Dirección de escena

Emily Rebholz, Diseño de vestuario

Riccardo Hernandez, Diseño de escena

Lawrence Brownlee, Charlie Parker

Angela M Brown, Addie Parker

Rachel Sterrenberg, Chan Parker

Angela Mortellaro, Doris Parker

Tamara Mumford, Baroness Pannonica ("Nica") De Koenigswarter

Chrystal E Williams, Rebecca Parker

Will Liverman, Dizzy Gillespie

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Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

**111

Opera by committee: Opera Philadelphia premieres Complications in Sue

Cameron Kelsall, 4th February

Opera Philadelphia commissions ten composers to tell the story of an ordinary woman's idiosyncratic march from cradle to tomb.

****1

A didactic Decameron: The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia

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Conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, this high-handed pasticcio sets the climate crisis to a soundtrack of Vivaldi.

***11

A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims

Cameron Kelsall, 19th September

The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time.

***11

The Listeners: daring psychological thriller at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 25th September

The new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek draws on cult mindsets and conspiracy theories but smartly avoids sensationalism.

****1

Opera Philadelphia's Unholy Wars creates a dialogue with Monteverdi

Cameron Kelsall, 23rd September

Arab-American tenor Karim Sulayman devises a thoughtful pastiche that centers the perspective omitted from Early Modern depictions of the Middle East in music.

****1

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David Browning

David Browning is a blogger and opera lover, board member and occasional advisor to some of New York City's small opera companies, and some time singer himself. Although he trained for a career in opera, a life as a technology consultant found him.

He knew why the caged bird sings: Charlie Parker's Yardbird at Opera Philadelphia