King for a Day: Verdi's second opera at Glimmerglass

By James Karas, 05 August 2013

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Reviewed at Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown on 2 August 2013

Verdi, Un giorno di regno

Glimmerglass Opera

Joseph Colaneri, Conductor

Christian Räth, Director

Jason Hardy, Bass

Andrew Wilkowske, Baritone

Andrew Penning, Tenor

Alex Lawrence, Baritone

Patrick O'Halloran, Tenor

Ginger Costa-Jackson, Mezzo-soprano

Jacqueline Echols, Soprano

Joe Shadday, Tenor

A dark, delicious take on Elizabeth Cree at Glimmerglass Festival

Cameron Kelsall, 28th July

Mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught anchors a fluid and appealingly staged new production of Kevin Puts' penny dreadful.

****1

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

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James Karas

James Karas is a writer and a lawyer. He holds degrees in English Literature and Law. He reviews opera and theatre extensively and writes about cultural matters for various publications.