Tabor-ing under no illusions
A grandly sung revival of The Ballad of Baby Doe at Central City Opera mines poignance from America’s past and present.
3 pieces since 2018 — in 3 roles, at 3 companies, most often at On Site.
A grandly sung revival of The Ballad of Baby Doe at Central City Opera mines poignance from America’s past and present.
Wedlock, betrayal, sibling rivalry, feminism, and union strikes give the opera Morning Star much of its driving thematic material.
Britten’s penultimate opera, the anti-war ghost story Owen Wingrave, was composed for television performance in 1971.
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