Opera review: Three Decembers at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth
Opera review: Three Decembers at Bass Performance Hall in Fort WorthPegasus Newsby Laurie Lynn Lindemeier of John Garcia's The Column American composer Jake Heggie is a national treasure and his 90-minute chamber opera, Three Decembers, provided the perfect modern component to the 2012 Fort Worth Opera Festival (playing at Bass ...and more »
Pitch perfect
Pitch perfectSydney Morning HeraldA Young Talent Time winner by age nine, lyric soprano Danielle de Niese has been lauded on world stages as an opera star bright enough to woo the gods. Now, as she returns to Melbourne to join the Australian Chamber Orchestra, she hits back at critics ...and more »
Fort Worth Opera's 'Three Decembers' well-acted, designed
Fort Worth Opera's 'Three Decembers' well-acted, designedFort Worth Star TelegramThe chamber opera, known originally as Last Acts, was premiered four years ago by the Houston Grand Opera. The revised version includes one major new number and some transitional orchestral material, transforming a two-acter into a one-act drama of ...and more »
Opera Review: Jake Heggie's Three Decembers Tackles Family Tension Sung ...
Opera Review: Jake Heggie's Three Decembers Tackles Family Tension Sung ...D MagazineBy Wayne Lee Gay 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 ...Behind the opera's curtainFort Worth Star Telegramall 5 news articles »
English Language Operas
English Language OperasPatch.comWe'll even hear a truly modern opera, 'What Next?,' by the oldest living American composer, Elliott Carter, who at 103 is still going strong). We'll finish the evening with a complete one-act chamber opera from the great Italian-American opera composer ...