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Flawed masterpiece: Missy Mazzoli's Breaking the Waves opens in Philadelphia

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“strong music, effective staging and, above all, committed performances”
Reviewed at Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia on 22 September 2016
Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves
Opera Philadelphia
Steven Osgood, Conductor
James Darrah Black, Director
Adam Rigg, Set Designer
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko, Costume Designer
Kiera Duffy, Bess McNeill
John Moore, Jan Nyman
Eve Gigliotti, Dodo McNeill
David Portillo, Dr Richardson
Patricia Schuman, Bess' Mother
Zachary James, Terry
Marcus DeLoach, Church Councilman
Pablo Santiago, Lighting Designer
Adam Larsen, Video
Elizabeth Braden, Choirmaster / chorus director
Emily May Sung, Choirmaster / chorus director
Amanda Console, Director
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