A dark, delicious take on Elizabeth Cree at Glimmerglass Festival

Elizabeth Cree

Tara Erraught (Elizabeth Cree)

Elizabeth Cree

Christian Mark Gibbs (Dan Leno), Tara Erraught (Elizabeth Cree)

Elizabeth Sutphen (Aveline Mortimer)

By Cameron Kelsall, 28 July 2024

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“Lizzie views the world as her stage – those who orbit her are merely supporting characters”

Reviewed at Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown on 28 July 2024

Puts, Elizabeth Cree

Glimmerglass Opera

Kelly Kuo, Conductor

Alison Moritz, Director

Edward Morris, Set Designer

Amanda Seymour, Costume Designer

Kate Ashton, Lighting Designer

Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra

Tara Erraught, Elizabeth Cree

Christian Mark Gibbs, Dan Leno

John Chest, John Cree

Schyler Vargas, Inspector Kildare

Elizabeth Sutphen, Aveline Mortimer

Jason Zacher, Uncle

Emily Harmon, Doris

Seiyoung Kim, Little Victor Farrell

Geoffrey Schmelzer, Mr Greatorex, George Gissing, Etcher

Evan Lazdowski, Mr Lister, Karl Marx, Voiceover, Solomon Weil

Ruby Dibble, Jane Quig, Annie the Serving Girl

Tristan Tournand, Librarian, Mr Gerrard, Priest

Child's play: inventive, moving Rinaldo at Glimmerglass

Cameron Kelsall, 31st July

Director Louisa Proske refracts Handel's tale of warlords and witches through the prism of a juvenile dream world, aided by a game cast headed by Anthony Roth Costanzo.

****1

Simon Godwin directs Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at Glimmerglass

Edward Sava-Segal, 30th July

The English theatre directs turns his hand to opera with a staging of Gounod's take on Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers.

****1

Brian Vu and Meredith Arwady shine in Glimmerglass Candide

David Wolfson, 8th July

Glimmerglass Opera Festival’s production of Candide leans heavily on a dry comedic sensibility, which most of the cast execute admirably.

***11

Carmen at Glimmerglass: visually striking, dramatically inconsistent

Cameron Kelsall, 18th July

Denyce Graves, once the reigning Carmen of her day, directs a new production full of interesting choices that rarely cohere.

**111

A streamlined Trovatore at the Glimmerglass Festival

Cameron Kelsall, 7th August

Rising mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis offers a gorgeously sung and grippingly acted portrait of Verdi's gypsy.

****1

Isabel Leonard soars in Glimmerglass Festival's Songbird

Cameron Kelsall, 6th August

Set in New Orleans during the Jazz Age, this riff on Offenbach's La Périchole captures the festive spirit of the summer, despite some tired jokes.

***11

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Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.