It’s complicated: Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz in letters

Renée Fleming and the Kansas City Symphony

Robert Moody and Rod Gilfry

Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry perform The Brightness of Light

By Hilary Stroh, 28 September 2024

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“multiple alchemies at work”

Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 27 September 2024

Programme to include:

Puts, The Brightness of Light

Wendall K Harrington, Video

Selena Gonzalez-Lopez, Lighting Designer

Renée Fleming, Soprano

Rod Gilfry, Bass-baritone

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Kansas City Symphony

Robert Moody, Conductor

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.

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