Akhnaten at Long Beach Opera
My review is up over at Sequenza21. Jurgen Kowalski (center) with chorus Akhnaten, Nefertiti, and Queen Tye prepare to enter the afterlife
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I had no idea that Duke Ellington had ever composed an opera until I saw Long Beach Opera’s 2014 season. Turns out it’s not truly what could be called an opera, but it’s definitely the closest...
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My thoughts on the U.S. premiere (and second production of) Marilyn Forever by Gavin Bryars. I am disappointed that my description of an obscene phone caller “twanging his telephone wire” was edited...
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