Magical debuts make the myth alive in Houston Grand Opera's Rusalka

Par Sydney Boyd, 30 janvier 2016

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“Brian Jagde stole hearts and took no survivors as the rakish prince”

Critique faite à Wortham Theater Center: Brown Theater, Houston, le 29 janvier 2016

Dvořák, Rusalka

Houston Grand Opera

Harry Bicket, Direction

Melly Still, Mise en scène

Rae Smith, Décors, Costumes

Ana María Martínez, Rusalka

Brian Jagde, Prince

Richard Paul Fink, Vodník, le père Ondin

Jill Grove, Ježibaba, la Sorcière

Maida Hundeling, Princesse étrangère

Keith Jameson, le garde forestier

Mané Galoyan, le marmiton

Chris Bozeka, le chasseur

Donna Stirrup, Revival Director

Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

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*****

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***11

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Sydney Boyd, 16th April

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****1

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Sydney Boyd, 4th December

As part of the season of Scrooges and Santas, it’s a refreshing reminder of sweet simplicity in a complicated world.

***11

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Sydney Boyd, 30th October

Re-imagining this opera with Prince Gremin as the show-stealer was no doubt a happy accident.

****1

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Sydney Boyd

Sydney Boyd is an arts writer, scholar, and violinist. She has been a music critic in Houston since 2012 and is the blog author of Girl at the Opera. She has a Ph.D. in English literature from Rice University, where she currently holds a post-doctoral Spatial Studies fellowship in the Humanities Research Center.