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Opera Review: Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers Tackles Family Tension Sung Beautifully
Date: 5/14/2012 By Wayne Lee Gay, D Magazine FrontRow
After opening on Saturday night at Bass Performance Hall with one grand old favorite opera about a diva—Puccini’s Tosca—Fort Worth Opera’s spring festival moved on to a contemporary one-act chamber opera—also centered around a diva as the main character—Sunday afternoon at Scott Theatre.
In the wake of the triumphant premiere of his Moby Dick in Dallas in 2010, Jake Heggie has moved securely to the forefront of living American opera composers. Area opera fans had previously become acquainted with his work when Fort Worth Opera presented his Dead Man Walking in 2009, and he may certainly be regarded as a favorite in these parts. Now, after the monumental literary vision presented in Moby Dick, and the gripping personalization of the politics of capital punishment in Dead Man Walking, locals can view a touchingly intimate exploration of family dynamics in Three Decembers.
-- Wayne Lee Gay, D Magazine Front Row
Check out the full Three December's review on D Magazine's FrontRow here.
Date: 5/14/2012 By Wayne Lee Gay, D Magazine FrontRow
After opening on Saturday night at Bass Performance Hall with one grand old favorite opera about a diva—Puccini’s Tosca—Fort Worth Opera’s spring festival moved on to a contemporary one-act chamber opera—also centered around a diva as the main character—Sunday afternoon at Scott Theatre.
In the wake of the triumphant premiere of his Moby Dick in Dallas in 2010, Jake Heggie has moved securely to the forefront of living American opera composers. Area opera fans had previously become acquainted with his work when Fort Worth Opera presented his Dead Man Walking in 2009, and he may certainly be regarded as a favorite in these parts. Now, after the monumental literary vision presented in Moby Dick, and the gripping personalization of the politics of capital punishment in Dead Man Walking, locals can view a touchingly intimate exploration of family dynamics in Three Decembers.
-- Wayne Lee Gay, D Magazine Front Row
Check out the full Three December's review on D Magazine's FrontRow here.
