The cellist’s brief but brilliant career is captured in soprano Marnie Breckenridge’s stunning performance for West Edge Opera.
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The new opera may not be aggressively attention-grabbing, but it is rich, evocative, and deeply felt.
The one-evening version of Richard Wagner’s mythic tetralogy is well sung and played but light on character development and nuance.
The orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru plays raucous pieces by Vivian Fung, Helen Grime, Nina C. Young, and Karim Al-Zand.
The arts administrator, set to lead Lyric Opera of Chicago, formerly worked for the SF Symphony and the LA Phil, among others.
Mozart’s drama is brought to life by a superb young cast under the top-notch direction of Patricia Racette.
A heralded young singer prefers the recital setting to the opera house and is making her mark in art-song repertory.
Festival performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and John Adams’s Violin Concerto are spectacular.
