Boxer briefs
I had some trepidation about attending Terence Blanchard’s opera Champion because the “sport” of boxing has never appealed to me.
Sankara Harouna
4 pieces since 2019 — in 4 roles, at 1 company, most often at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
4
pieces
4
roles
1
company
8
years
By company
Role Benny Paret / Paret's son
Role Derrick Wheatt
Songs of innocence
Blind Injustice is a masterpiece, brilliant theater.
Role Official Registrar
Anime sante degli avi
Madama Butterfly confronts anime, virtual reality, and weeaboos in Matthew Ozawa‘s bold production at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Role Paul
Humdrum existence
Missy Mazzoli has established herself as one of contemporary opera’s most skilled and subtle architects of emotional response, and her latest, The Listeners—now at the Lyric Opera of Chicago—is no exception.
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).