Eric Owens’ Forester the highlight of Glimmerglass' Vixen

By Edward Sava-Segal, 23 July 2018

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“simply heart-wrenching”

Reviewed at Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown on 21 July 2018

Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen

Glimmerglass Opera

Joseph Colaneri, Conductor

E Loren Meeker, Director

Ryan McGettigan, Set Designer

Erik Teague, Costume Designer

Eric Owens, Forester

Heather Phillips, Vixen

Alyssa Martin, Fox

Katherine Maysek, Lapák

Zachary Owen, Badger, Parson

Dylan Morrongiello, Mosquito, Schoolmaster

Kayla Siembieda, Owl, Forester’s wife

Amber Monroe, Rooster, Jay

Gretchen Krupp, Chocholka, Woodpecker, Mrs Paškova

Wm. Clay Thompson, Harašta

Brian Wallin, Pásek

Catie LeCours, Frantík

Maggie Stephens, Pepík

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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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Eric Owens’ Forester the highlight of Glimmerglass' Cunning Little Vixen