Miss me blond
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
John Brancy
10 pieces since 2014 — in 5 roles, at 3 companies, most often at MasterVoices.
10
pieces
5
roles
3
companies
13
years
Role Donald
Role Escamillo
Leaner, meaner and tighter
Why did Ted Sperling and MasterVoices choose to perform an old warhorse like Carmen which has been produced almost continuously over decades just up the street at Lincoln Center?
Role Guglielmo
Let’s twist again
In San Francisco Opera’s new Così fan tutte, the elements that most visibly read as “American” were a penchant for slapstick humor, overcooked blocking, and an abundance of cartoonish period costumes that hobbled the opera’s first act.
Role Outlaw
Perspectives, reflections, obscurity, and illusion
Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann‘s opera at the Prototype Festival re-sets Rashomon in the Pacific Northwest and binds its characters into a hellish cycle of violence with a dark, hypnotic score
Role Papa Apollon
Orpheus goes downtown
Marc-Antoine Charpentier came along at the wrong time for a composer of French opera.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).