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In Review: Chicago Opera Theater’s Elizabeth Cree, 2018

What happens when you mix together a thrilling story, a sleek set, captivating orchestration, a short playing time, and a tight libretto? You get Elizabeth Cree. Elizabeth Cree is a new opera by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell. Chicago Opera Theater co-produced the work with Opera Philadelphia, which Read more…

By Trevor Gillis, 7 yearsFebruary 11, 2018 ago

Craig Bohmler's Riders of the Purple Sage

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“The story seemed to ‘sing’ from the very first pages,” says Craig Bohmler, Composer of Arizona Opera’s Riders of the Purple Sage

Few things in the opera world can compare to the excitement surrounding a world premiere, so the atmosphere at Arizona Opera is currently absolutely electrifying! Audience members will soon have the opportunity to witness history in the making: the first American Western opera. Riders of the Purple Sage, a new Read more…

By Trevor Gillis, 8 yearsFebruary 23, 2017 ago