The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Glimmerglass Opera
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* Notes *Lost in the Stars, composed by Kurt Weill with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, opened at the Glimmerglass Festival (Act I pictured left with Sean Panikkar as The Leader, photograph by Karli Cadel) on Sunday afternoon. This opera is based on South African author Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country. Somehow…
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* Notes *The opening performance of Lully's Armide at the Glimmerglass Festival (Act I pictured left with Peggy Kriha Dye as Armide and Colin Ainsworth as Renaud, photograph by Karli Cadel) occurred last Saturday. The opera takes its plot from Torquato Tasso's epic poem La Gerusalemme liberata and shares several characters with Orlando furioso by…
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Francesca Zambello will be the next general and artistic manager of Glimmerglass Opera, starting September 1, 2010. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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