| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2012 Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater | Opera Phila's Dark Sisters powerfully illuminates female suffering |
The plight of women trapped in plural marriage—one husband with multiple wives—glowed like a firebrand on the Perelman Theater stage on Sunday. Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Dark Sisters, in co-production with Gotham Chamber Opera and the Music-Theatre Group, is OCP’s final offering of the 2011-12 season.Read full review... | |
| 12-Nov-2011 John Jay College: The Gerald W Lynch Theater | Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters make strange company at Gotham Chamber Opera |
The barely legal lives of women in polygamous marriages may seem like fertile ground for an opera. Dark Sisters, composed by Nico Muhly with a libretto by Stephen Karam, has many attractive moments in music and story, yet demonstrates the difficulties of drawing art from life.
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