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Sex with a side of brilliant opera: Powder Her Face in Oakland

Por Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 14 agosto 2016
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“McNairy tossed off pitches far above the staff while crawling and tumbling about the stage”
Crítica hecha desde Oakland Central Station, Oakland el 13 agosto 2016
Programa
Adès, Powder Her Face
Intérpretes
West Edge Opera
Mary Chun, Dirección
Elkhanah Pulitzer, Dirección de escena
Laura Bohn, Duchess
Emma McNairy, Maid
Jonathan Blalock, Electrician
Earplay Orchestra
Hadleigh Adams, Barítono
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Jaime Robles, 25th February
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. 
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A dreamlike forest in an abandoned train station: The Cunning Little Vixen at West Edge Opera
Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 7th August
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.
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The “other” Bohème delights at West Edge Opera
Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 20th March
Leoncavallo's rarely produced La bohème offers enchanting musical variety, delivered in a well-cast concert staging by West Edge Opera.
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Opera Medium Rare presents Rossini’s Zelmira
Jaime Robles, 17th February
West Edge Opera has come up with a means to engage and develop opera audiences in that home of West Coast radicalism, the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Tibio estreno europeo de Antony y Cleopatra
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John Adams estrena y dirige en el Gran Teatre del Liceu la última de sus obras, trasladada de la Antigüedad al Hollywood de los años treinta.

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John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra arrives at the Met
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John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra puts the composer's propulsive music at the service of both moments of riveting human drama and less effective scenes of battle and politics. 
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Earplay OrchestraElkhanah PulitzerEmma McNairyHadleigh AdamsLaura BohnMary ChunPowder Her FaceThomas AdèsWest Edge Opera
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.