While SFO spared no expense in mounting a lavish production, there is nothing to redeem this work or justify a revival, as the score and libretto are uninspired and derivative.
Change my mind about The Last Savage
Despite having endured premiers at the Santa Fe Opera, including Cold Mountain, Oscar, and The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, all of which were disappointing on every level, Santa Fe Opera’s 2011 production of Menotti‘s The Last Savage is an opera I never care to see or listen to again.
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