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“Waiting in hiding to surprise us”: Odyssey Opera presents Menotti’s The Last Savage

Sharleen Joynt (Kitty) and Gabriel Preisser (Scattergood)
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Phillip Lopez (Abdul) and Sharleen Joynt (Kitty)
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Sharleen Joynt (Kitty), Matthew Burns (The Maharajah) and Phillip Lopez (Abdul)
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“Gabriel Preisser has to be the Kevin Kline of buffo baritones”
Reviewed at Huntington Theatre, Boston on 13 March 2026
Menotti, The Last Savage
Odyssey Opera
Gil Rose, Conductor
Eve Summer, Director
Brooke Stanton, Costume Designer
Christopher Ostrom, Lighting Designer
Odyssey Opera Orchestra
Odyssey Opera Chorus
Phillip Lopez, Abdul
Sharleen Joynt, Kitty
Anya Matanovic, Sardula
Omar Najmi, Prince Kodanda
Gabriel Preisser, Scattergood
Matthew Burns, The Maharajah
Michelle Trainor, The Maharani
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