The voice of spring
“I come, I come! ye have called me long;
I come o’er the mountains, with light and song”
Briana Hunter
7 pieces since 2015 — in 4 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
7
pieces
4
roles
3
companies
12
years
Role Kate Pinkerton
Role Mercédès
On the road again
When it premiered at the Opéra Comique in 1875, Carmen shocked audiences with its frank depictions of female sexuality, the proletariat, and violence: subjects that have ensured the piece’s continued relevance and that have inspired numerous retellings and revisions.
Star vehicles
This Carmen, in other words, was somewhat less radical than its initial image suggested.
Role Mother
Moody ‘Blue’
Originally scheduled for a D.C. premiere in spring 2020 but thwarted by the pandemic, Washington National Opera was finally able to present composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson’s Blue at the Kennedy Center last Saturday.
Moody “Blue”
The Glimmerglass Festival premiered a searing examination of race, identity, and the fraught relationship between communities of color and law enforcement. Blue, with a score by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Tazewell Thompson.
Role the Squirrel
Bare de Lia
On Saturday, a new company called Bare Opera gave its first performance, a double bill of Debussy’s L’Enfant Prodigue and Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, at the Robert Miller Gallery in Chelsea.