JFK premieres at Ft. Worth Opera, dir. Thaddeus Strassberger
Dog Days with Peak Performances/Beth Morrison Projects, dir. Robert Woodruff
Soldier Songs film, for the Opera Philadelphia Channel, dir. Johnathan McCullough
Soldier Songs with Beth Morrison Projects, dir. Yuval Sharon
Newspeak performs sweet light crude at the Bang on a Can Marathon
Opera Philadelphia’s “revelatory” new film version of Soldier Songs, starring and directed by baritone Johnathan McCullough, premiered January 22 to widespread critical acclaims.
Opera Philadelphia and Houston Grand Opera lead the charge for opera in the COVID-era, with new made-for-screen productions, including David T. Little’s Soldier Songs and Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera.
AGENCY, now available on New Amsterdam: “forthright, visceral, bloody, with the intimacy and polish of a classical chamber ensemble but bulging with the loud, reverberant sweatiness of rock.” (NYTimes)
The world premiere of JFK, was “ravishing”, a “triumphant work”, “absorbing,” “soul-shattering.” At the Canadian premiere at Opéra de Montréal it was called “magnificent,” and Deutschlandfunk called the European premiere in Germany “dazzling.”