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Take Back the Night
Date: 10/17/2010 By Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, Theatre Jones
"When Jorge Martín’s opera, Before Night Falls, was presented by the Fort Worth Opera, there was a lot of buzz about it. The fact that it was based on the life of Reinaldo Arenas was enough to set tongues wagging. He was a writer, a gay, dissident Cuban exile who had come over to America in the Mariel Boat Lift and died from AIDS. Talk about hitting all of the hot buttons!
Fort Worth Opera’s fearless General Director, Darren Woods, didn’t bat an eye and it was a major success for the company. My review of the performance is here.
The release of the CD recording is another such event."
Read the complete review at TheatreJones.com
Date: 10/17/2010 By Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, Theatre Jones
"When Jorge Martín’s opera, Before Night Falls, was presented by the Fort Worth Opera, there was a lot of buzz about it. The fact that it was based on the life of Reinaldo Arenas was enough to set tongues wagging. He was a writer, a gay, dissident Cuban exile who had come over to America in the Mariel Boat Lift and died from AIDS. Talk about hitting all of the hot buttons!
Fort Worth Opera’s fearless General Director, Darren Woods, didn’t bat an eye and it was a major success for the company. My review of the performance is here.
The release of the CD recording is another such event."
Read the complete review at TheatreJones.com
