Strange and stirring Satyagraha at LA Opera

By Néstor Castiglione, 23 October 2018

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“The singers, headed by the plangent tenor of Sean Panikkar as Gandhi, coped superbly”

Reviewed at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles on 20 October 2018

Glass, Satyagraha

LA Opera

Grant Gershon, Conductor

Phelim McDermott, Director

Julian Crouch, Set Designer

Kevin Pollard, Costume Designer

Sean Panikkar, Gandhi

So Young Park, Miss Schlesen

J'Nai Bridges, Kasturbai

Erica Petrocelli, Mrs Naidoo

Niru Liu, Mrs Alexander

Theo Hoffman, Mr. Kallenbach

Patrick Blackwell, Lord Krishna

Morris Robinson, Parsi Rustomji

LA Opera Chorus

LA Opera Orchestra

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Néstor Castiglione

Néstor Castiglione is a freelance music critic, program note annotator, translator, and lecturer born and raised in Los Angeles. Aside from classical music, he also writes and lectures on the culture and popular music of early Shōwa Japan (1925 – 1945). His website is Echorrhea and you can also follow him on Instagram @echorrhea.