Forebodings: Elizabeth Futral embodies Saarihao's Émilie at Lincoln Center Festival

By Amanda Keil, 23 July 2012

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Reviewed at John Jay College: The Gerald W Lynch Theater, New York City on 19 July 2012

Saariaho, Émilie

Elizabeth Futral, Émilie du Châtelet

Marianne Weems, Director

John Kennedy, Conductor

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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.