With James Conlon conducting a sensitive account of the score, and a fine cast to boot, there is no mystery to the success of this production.
The 2023–2024 season sees Esa-Pekka Salonen realizing many of the ambitious plans he had previously set out to undertake.
Allen Shearer and Claudia Stevens’s operatic take on The Tempest succeeds most in musical moments that depart entirely from the original.
Though the competition is formidable, Willis-Sørensen stands up to the greatest sopranos who have interpreted this song cycle.
The annual showcase of excerpts from operatic works-in-progress confirms the future is bright for today’s composers and librettists.
This new telling of The Tempest from composer Allen Shearer and librettist Claudia Stevens premieres March 25 at Herbst Theatre.
The new chamber opera about prophecy and instability is the climax of the artist’s yearlong residency at UC Berkeley.
