Ricky Ian Gordon’s Fascinating, Disturbing Ellen West Premieres at Opera Saratoga

United StatesUnited States 2019 Opera Saratoga Summer Festival – Gordon, Ellen West: Soloists, The Opera Saratoga Orchestra / Lidiya Yankovskaya (conductor), Opera Saratoga, The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12.7.2019. (RP)

Jennifer Zetlan (Ellen West) © Gary David Gold

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An Extraordinary, Subterranean Dido and Aeneas from The Angel’s Share

United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [7] – Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Jude Ziliak (violin), Isabelle Seula Lee (violin), Danika Paskvan (viola), Anthony Albrecht (cello), Arnie Tanimoto (viola da gamba) / Elliot Figg (conductor and harpsichord), Death of Classical – The Angel’s Share, The Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn, 8.6.2019. (RP)

Daniela Mack (Dido) and Molly Quinn (Belinda) in Dido and Aeneas © Kevin Condon

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Experiments in Opera Premieres the Zany, Crazy and Touching Chunky in Heat

United StatesUnited States 2019 New York Opera Fest [6] – Various Composers, Chunky in Heat: Soloists, Contemporaneous / David Bloom (conductor), Experiments in Opera, The Flea Theater, New York, 2.6.2019. (RP)

 Sarah Daniels (Chunky) © Reuben Radding

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Cantata Profana Fuses Ancient and Modern in a Powerful, Provocative Lucretia

United StatesUnited States Various, Lucretia: Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano), Paul Max Tipton (bass-baritone), Emily Jo (dancer), Justin Mock (dancer), Jacob Ashworth (Medieval vielle and Baroque violin), Hannah Collins (cello), Nina Stern (recorders and winds), Arash Noori (lute and guitar), I-Jen Fang (percussion), Aya Hamada (harpsichord), Hilda Huang (piano), Cantata Profana, HERE Arts Center, New York, 23.5.2019. (RP)

nnie Rosen (mezzo-soprano) and Emily Jo (dancer) © Russ Rowland
Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano) and Emily Jo (dancer) © Russ Rowland

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