Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters make strange company at Gotham Chamber Opera

Par Amanda Keil, 15 novembre 2011

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Critique faite à John Jay College: The Gerald W Lynch Theater, New York, le 12 novembre 2011

Muhly, Dark Sisters

Gotham Chamber Opera

Caitlin Lynch, Soprano

Eve Gigliotti, Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Check, Soprano

Margaret Lattimore, Soprano

Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano

Kevin Burdette, Basse

Kristina Bachrach, Soprano

A fresh, funny Martinů double bill

Richard Peters, 14th October

Gotham Chamber Opera's current double bill of Bohuslav Martinů's Alexandre bis and Comedy on the Bridge prove that an opera company doesn’t need to be the biggest in town to be the most innovative.

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The Raven is a riveting start to the NY Phil Biennial

Rebecca Lentjes, 28th May

Conducted by Neal Goren, the musicians breathed across and blew notelessly into their instruments, creating layers of sounds that grew ever more intriguing as the repetition of the word “nevermore” grew ever more sinister.

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Pack a picnic for Gotham Chamber Opera's La hija de Rappaccini

Stephen Raskauskas, 17th June

On Monday, Gotham Chamber Opera presented Daniel Catán’s opera La hija de Rappaccini (“Rappaccini’s Daughter”) in the Cherry Esplanade at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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Cavalli goes disco in Gotham Chamber Opera's Eliogabalo

Zerbinetta, 23rd March

Describing its new production of Francesco Cavalli’s 1668 opera Eliogabalo, the Gotham Chamber Opera compares the exploits of titular depraved Roman emperor Heliogabalus to Salome. There’s an obvious mistake here: Salome is an opera; Heliogabalus was a historical figure.

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Billy Budd ou le triomphe de la beauté à l'Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 21st March

L'Opéra de Lyon propose pour la première fois le chef-d'œuvre de Britten à son public : une réussite tant visuelle que musicale, accueillie avec enthousiasme par les spectateurs.

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Une Manon Lescaut en demi-teinte à l'Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 20th March

Proposée dans le cadre du festival annuel de l'Opéra de Lyon, la nouvelle production de l'ouvrage de Puccini ne prend pas vraiment, et laisse l’impression d’une promesse incomplètement tenue.

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Amanda Keil

Amanda Keil is a native New Yorker who sings, teaches, writes about music and fundraises for the arts. Her broad musical interests have led her to perform music from ancient to modern times, and she is the founder of Musica Nuova, which stages Baroque songs in modern settings. She blogs at thousandfoldecho.