| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2012 Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater | Curtis students excel in a rare Henze revival in Philadelphia |
 “What a funny kind of fairy tale we’ve gotten into!” proclaims one of the characters in Elegy for Young Lovers, Hans Werner Henze’s odd 1963 opera. The audience may sympathize. W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman’s libretto of an uninspired poet in search of a new muse is not standard operatic fare. Despite the familiar plot devices of a love triangle, a madwoman, and a blizzard (well, the latter is not so common), its elusive tone and Henze’s kaleidoscopically shifting score are hard to pin down to any operatic school.Read full review... | |
| 23-Apr-2011 Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater | NYC Opera’s ‘Séance’ A Thrilling, Chilling Afternoon |
 Goosebumps, gasps of horror, sobs and tears. That's what operagoers will experience at the East Coast premiere of Séance on a Wet Afternoon presented by New York City Opera. It is an eerie, emotional roller coaster of a show that grips you with the force of demon possession and doesn’t let go. In fact, it captures your rapt attention with such totality, it scarcely allows the audience to breathe until the final curtain descends.
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