- Medea, by Cherubini (since I'm in the middle of Berlioz's memoirs, this is especially intriguing)
- Akhnaten, by Glass (West Coast premier of the fully-scored version - Oakland Opera Theater did a reduced version a few years ago with Paul Flight in the title role)
- Moscow, Cherry Town, by Shostakovich (I'd never heard of it either!)
- The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang
What a lineup!
Lisa, your link to the LBO site goes to a Blogger page.
ReplyDeleteThe Akhnaten is a must see/hear, too bad they're doing it in the 3,000 seater Terrace Theater, not the more intimate Center Theater. Plus, how often will you read this in an opera description:
Sung in Egyptian, Arcadian, Hebrew, and English with English Supertitles
What does Berlioz say about Cherubini? Anything nice? :-)
At least Medea isn't being done in a swimming pool or parking garage.
Argh! Thanks - fixed the broken link now.
ReplyDeleteOakland Opera Theater did Akhnaten in a 100-seat theater. And that is an amazing description.
Berlioz seems to have disliked Cherubini as an administrator. :)
Yikes, you know: they mean Akkadian or Accadian, not Arcadian.
ReplyDeleteThe Shostakovich is an operetta, it's better known by its semi-Russian title, "Moscow Cheryomushki."
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