It has been a great season for prolific Bay Area composer Jake Heggie.
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
“Who are you? Who do you want to be?” The search for one’s identity is explored in American composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s brand new opera If I Were You.
There comes a time where everything falls into place, and more importantly, when your head and heart are also in the right mindset. That’s when when the opera becomes cathartic, life-changing experience.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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