Jake Heggie's Intelligence: Media Round-Up

I haven't seen this opera, though I can say that when I read about it a few weeks ago I was surprised and dismayed to see that two white men were telling the story of two women, one Black and one white, in a story set during the American Civil War. (Shades of Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison's Margaret Garner, which is based on the same historical incident as Morrison's novel Beloved.)  I am not the only person who had this reaction.

• Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle. This review also contains some comments on Heggie's first opera, Dead Man Walking, which I liked less than anyone I know.
• Ilana Walder-Biesanz, SFCV.
• Kendra Preston Leonard, Ph.D. (musicology), her blog.
• Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle (paywalled).
• Steven Brown, Texas Classical Review.
• Scott Cantrell, Dallas News.