Shadows of a doubt Shadows of a doubt

R.B. Schlather‘s shadowy production with Heartbeat Opera at the Williamstown Theatre Festival proves that Vanessa might be coming into its own at last

Satan keeps the beat Satan keeps the beat

With tight, jazzy orchestrations, a queer-coded Mephistopheles, and sassy modern recitative, Heartbeat Opera’s fast 100-minute Faust delivers Gounod in miniature, minus some of the schmaltz.

Kiss me beneath the milky twilight Kiss me beneath the milky twilight

Only disordered and volcanic intellects need apply for this beautifully deranged production of Salome from Heartbeat Opera