Murder She Wrote: Elizabeth Cree at Opera Philadelphia

By Hilary Stroh, 15 September 2017

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“Daniela Mack was a dazzlingly vibrant Elizabeth”

Reviewed at Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia on 14 September 2017

Puts, Elizabeth Cree

Opera Philadelphia

Corrado Rovaris, Conductor

David Schweizer, Director

David Zinn, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Daniela Mack, Elizabeth Cree

Troy Cook, John Cree

Joseph Gaines, Dan Leno

Daniel Belcher, Inspector Kildare

Deanna Breiwick, Aveline Mortimer

Matt Boehler, Uncle

Melissa Parks, Doris

Jason Ferrante, Little Victor Farrell

Johnathan McCullough, Mr Greatorex, George Gissing, Etcher

Thomas Shivone, Mr Lister, Karl Marx, Voiceover, Solomon Weil

Maren Montalbano, Jane Quig, Annie the Serving Girl

Opera by committee: Opera Philadelphia premieres Complications in Sue

Cameron Kelsall, 4th February

Opera Philadelphia commissions ten composers to tell the story of an ordinary woman's idiosyncratic march from cradle to tomb.

****1

A didactic Decameron: The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 20th December

Conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, this high-handed pasticcio sets the climate crisis to a soundtrack of Vivaldi.

***11

A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims

Cameron Kelsall, 19th September

The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time.

***11

The Listeners: daring psychological thriller at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 25th September

The new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek draws on cult mindsets and conspiracy theories but smartly avoids sensationalism.

****1

Opera Philadelphia's Unholy Wars creates a dialogue with Monteverdi

Cameron Kelsall, 23rd September

Arab-American tenor Karim Sulayman devises a thoughtful pastiche that centers the perspective omitted from Early Modern depictions of the Middle East in music.

****1

Quinn Kelsey triumphs in Opera Philadelphia's Simon Boccanegra

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd September

In his role debut as the Genoan Doge, the American baritone continues to burnish his bona fides as the premier Verdi baritone of his generation.

****1

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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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