Denyce Graves

18 pieces since 2006 — in 8 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

18 pieces
8 roles
3 companies
21 years

1 piece as Dragon — stats above show all coverage for Denyce Graves.

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Working on the Whale-Road

Our left coast correspondent Baritenor reports: I would not call Grendel an opera for the faint-hearted. The libretto is well-written, but the score jumps to both ends of the operatic spectrum, going from lyrical to modernistic to lyrical again in the blink of an eye. Think Benjamin Britten on crack, if you will, only with […]

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