07 Mar 2006

An opera's woes

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/14008503.htm

Morrison_small.jpgBy David Patrick Stearns [Philadelphia Inquirer, 5 March 2006]

Almost as soon as the curtain came down on the Philadelphia premiere of Margaret Garner, word on the street was puzzled and puzzling. One after another, people described this eagerly anticipated Opera Company of Philadelphia commission as an experience quite different from mine last spring in Detroit, where Michigan Opera Theatre gave the world premiere.