Zetlan is currently in Seattle singing Musetta in La Bohème (February 23 to March 10). Updated to be set the year it was written, 1896 (it’s usually set in the 1830s), the production features photography — in the staging, in the sets, and even on the show curtain, which will include a picture actually taken in Act II of the opera. Continue reading “Bohème” and Rhinemaidens in Harnesses – Oh My!
Foster is an excellent exponent. An art song, as was once explained to me, is an opera in three minutes. Without moving much Foster had to be the characters, and she did this admirably with facial expression as well as vocal. Continue reading Exploring Melody with Soprano Jennifer Foster and Simple Measures
The process for Another Sunrise began when Miller asked the two men what they would like to write about for MOR. As they hashed out ideas, what came to the fore was the question of what survivors feel, the burden of their memories.
“Who knows what we are capable of when there is a gun to our heads?” queries Scheer, “so, we came up with the nature of survival.” Continue reading Jake Heggie Tackles the Burden of Memory in Another Sunrise
