It’s great to be back in Santa Fe. Here’s my take on the first of this week’s five productions @Santa Fe Opera:
Santa Fe Opera’s new Rigoletto delivers flashes of vitality that help compensate for a staging that is often muddled. From the outset, Carlo Montanaro’s conducting signalled an intense level of involvement from the orchestra. The opening curse motif, stated a touch more aggressively than usual, is as emphatic as an oracle. …
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MEMETERIA by Thomas May 