A tantalizing might-have-been: Arnold Rosner’s The Chronicle of Nine

By Kevin Wells, 05 February 2020

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Reviewed at New England Conservatory: Jordan Hall, Boston on 1 February 2020

Rosner, The Chronicle of Nine

Odyssey Opera

Gil Rose, Conductor

Megan Pachecano, Lady Jane Grey

James Demler, Earl of Arundel

David Salsbery Fry, Earl of Pembroke

Aaron Engebreth, John Dudley

Krista River, Lady Dudley

Eric Finbarr Carey, Guilford Dudley

William Hite, Henry Grey

Rebecca Krouner, Frances Grey

Stephanie Kacoyanis, Lady Mary

Gene Stenger, A Minstrel

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

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Kevin Wells

Kevin Wells was bitten by the opera bug at 10, having heard a 1936 recording of Jussi Björling singing “Che gelida manina”. He has never been the same since. A student of voice, performance practice, the history of singing and opera, he holds advanced degrees in Italian and has lived and worked in Italy off and on since the 70s. La Scala became a second home as the Met had been during college daze. Now in his native Boston, he works as translator, tutor, and language coach, haunts Symphony Hall, and would haunt the Opera House had it not been demolished in 1958!