Ten years since Fallujah premiered w/Long Beach Opera. #opera#newopera#fallujah Great singers, and an orchestra with drum kit, electric guitar and oud. A deep delve into a Middle East war’s effects on mothers and families on any side …
Michael Shamata and I co-created a show that features these five uber talented, wonderful human beings at The Belfry Theatre. Shows are selling out so our run's extended to May 25th. Ticket prices remain fair and flexible.
12 yrs ago today, workshopping the earliest version of my opera, Rattenbury, for a two-night sold-out concert at the Empress Ballroom in Victoria, in celebration of the City of Victoria's birthday. #yyj#yyjarts@CityOfVictoria@FairmontEmpress @Live_Conductor @PacificOperaVic
Why, in opera reviews, does the orchestra always “rise to the occasion“? Are we meant to believe they default to mediocre lazy-ass burned-out reluctant oafs?