Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters make strange company at Gotham Chamber Opera

By Amanda Keil, 15 November 2011

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Reviewed at John Jay College: The Gerald W Lynch Theater, New York City on 12 November 2011

Muhly, Dark Sisters

Gotham Chamber Opera

Caitlin Lynch, Soprano

Eve Gigliotti, Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Check, Soprano

Margaret Lattimore, Soprano

Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano

Kevin Burdette, Bass

Kristina Bachrach, Soprano

A fresh, funny Martinů double bill

Richard Peters, 14th October

Gotham Chamber Opera's current double bill of Bohuslav Martinů's Alexandre bis and Comedy on the Bridge prove that an opera company doesn’t need to be the biggest in town to be the most innovative.

****1

The Raven is a riveting start to the NY Phil Biennial

Rebecca Lentjes, 28th May

Conducted by Neal Goren, the musicians breathed across and blew notelessly into their instruments, creating layers of sounds that grew ever more intriguing as the repetition of the word “nevermore” grew ever more sinister.

****1

Pack a picnic for Gotham Chamber Opera's La hija de Rappaccini

Stephen Raskauskas, 17th June

On Monday, Gotham Chamber Opera presented Daniel Catán’s opera La hija de Rappaccini (“Rappaccini’s Daughter”) in the Cherry Esplanade at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

***11

Cavalli goes disco in Gotham Chamber Opera's Eliogabalo

Zerbinetta, 23rd March

Describing its new production of Francesco Cavalli’s 1668 opera Eliogabalo, the Gotham Chamber Opera compares the exploits of titular depraved Roman emperor Heliogabalus to Salome. There’s an obvious mistake here: Salome is an opera; Heliogabalus was a historical figure.

***11

Art imitates art in ETO's bracing new Pagliacci

Dominic Lowe, 10th April

Divorced from Cavalleria rusticana, English Touring Opera's contemporary take on Leoncavallo's masterpiece ticks all the boxes.

****1

Regents Opera’s Salome lands a knockout punch at York Hall

Mark Pullinger, 10th April

Mark Ravenhill directs a brutal, bloody Salome for Regents Opera at the spiritual home of British boxing, York Hall.

****1

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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.