MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Private Passions, Public Peril in Seattle Opera’s “Fellow Travelers” 

Colin Aikins as Timothy Laughlin, left, and Jarrett Ott as Hawkins Fuller in “Fellow Travelers” at Seattle Opera. (Sunny Martini)

The production of Gregory Spears’ and Greg Pierce’s opera Fellow Travelers presented by Seattle Opera has launched a U.S. tour. Here’s my review of opening. night for the Seattle Times:

Desire unfolds under watchful eyes in “Fellow Travelers.”

Set during the McCarthy-era Lavender Scare of the 1950s, the opera by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce opened Saturday at McCaw Hall, marking the first time a production centered on openly gay subject matter has appeared on Seattle Opera’s mainstage. 

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