African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee

Lisa Arrindell (Ella Sheppard)

Jubilee at Seattle Opera

Greg Watkins (Benjamin Holmes) and Martin Bakari (Greene Evans)

Aundi Marie Moore (Maggie Porter)

Jubilee at Seattle Opera

Par Erica Miner, 13 octobre 2024

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Critique faite à Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, le 12 octobre 2024

musique traditionnelle, Jubilee (arr. Michael Ellis Ingram)

Seattle Opera

Kellen Gray, Direction

Tazewell Thompson, Mise en scène

Donald Eastman, Décors

Harry Nadal, Costumes

Robert Wierzel, Lumières

Seattle Symphony

Robertson Witmer, Son

Tiffany Townsend, America Robinson

Aundi Marie Moore, Maggie Porter

Sarah Joyce Cooper, Minnie Tate

Ibidunni Ojikutu, Mabel Lewis

Hannah Jones, Jennie Jackson

Natalie Lewis, Georgia Gordon

Lisa Arrindell, Ella Sheppard

Tyrone Chambers II, Isaac Dickerson

Martin Luther Clark, Frederick Loudin

Martin Bakari, Greene Evans

Darren Drone, Edmund Watkins

Greg Watkins, Benjamin Holmes

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Erica Miner

As a Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica performed with James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and countless opera luminaries. Now an award-winning author, screenwriter, arts journalist and lecturer, Erica’s opera presentations include Wagner Societies in California, New York, Boston, North Carolina and Sydney, Australia. Her recently released novel Aria for Murder, the first in her ‘Operatic Mystery’ series, authentically reflects her experiences in the Met Orchestra. Sequels are due in 2023 and 2024. Erica’s personal website is here.

African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee at Seattle Opera