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A thoughtful Susannah from San Francisco Opera which raises important questions

By Jaime Robles, 08 September 2014
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 6 September 2014
Programme
Floyd, Susannah
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Karen Kamensek, Conductor
Michael Cavanagh, Director
Erhard Rom, Set Designer
Michael Yeargan, Costume Designer
Patricia Racette, Susannah
Brandon Jovanovich, Sam
Raymond Aceto, Blitch
Catherine Cook, Mrs McLean
James Kryshak, Little Bat
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.