Nov
05
2011
Remarkable Theater Brigade: Opera Shorts ’11
Posted by Chris McGovern in Concert review, Contemporary Classical, Opera, tags: Christian McLeer, opera parody, opera shorts, Remarkable Theater Brigade, William Bolcom
Rehearsing Tom Cipullo’s The Husbands
Opera Shorts
Presented by Remarkable Theater Brigade
Weill Recital Hall, NYC
Fri, Nov 4, 2011
Seeing the Remarkable Theater Brigade’s production Opera Shorts, it is clear that on a small stage like the one at Weill Recital Hall, it is very much a theatrical production that cannot escape that trapping, but the pieces that resulted from the 9 composers (Two of the shorts were composed by musical director Christian McLeer) were mostly comical in nature, thus making it a cheerful night for patrons and a kick in the pants for the opera world. Read the rest of this entry »
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