The music tells the story without overwhelming the production. The 10-person chorus sings from backstage, or from the wings (the audience never sees the performers). The music, directed by Stephen Stubbs with a 10-piece orchestra from the Seattle Symphony, is so subtle, it becomes almost a backdrop to the visuals. The stage is small and all of these visual effects brilliantly fill it up. One feels immersed in the other-worldly atmosphere - are we on Earth, in Paradise, in Hell? Aguilar’s dramatic lighting, Carey Wong’s minimalistic sets, Chia Patino’s tight stage direction and Donald Byrd’s eerie choreography that shows Orpheus barely managing the three creepy rubber band-like dancers while Eurydice becomes one with them, laughing and spinning. Katy Tucker’s video and projection designs, Robert J. Gluck would not have recognized the production, other than the music. A former cellist, he became the youngest ever member of his hometown Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Symphony Orchestra at age eleven.Seattle Opera’s production of ‘Orpheus and Eurydice.’ Photo by Philip Newton. He studied at the University of Southern California with the pioneer teacher of accompanying, Gwendolyn Koldofsky, who invited him to partner fellow student Thomas Hampson in her song classes. Maestro Keene has been affiliated with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Florida Grand Opera, New Orleans Opera, and for San Francisco Opera Center conducted a national tour of Il Barbiere di Siviglia to celebrate Western Opera Theater’s thirtieth anniversary and served as a Master Coach for Merola Opera Program. In addition to his depth of experience preparing operatic choruses in a repertoire which approaches one hundred titles, he is a highly respected vocal coach, concert accompanist, and conductor. John Keene is newly appointed as Chorus Director of San Francisco Opera, previously receiving acclaim for his work as Chorus Master with Seattle Opera where he also served as Head of Music Staff and Assistant Conductor for Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. 2022–23 Season: Chorus Director, John Adams' Antony and Cleopatra, Eugene Onegin, Dialogues of the Carmelites, La Traviata, Orpheus and Eurydice, San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert Madame Butterfly, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Gabriela Lena Frank's El último sueño de Frida y Diego, 100th Anniversary ConcertĢ021–22 Season: Chorus Director, Don Giovanni, Dream of the Red Chamber, Eun Sun Kim Conducts Verdi
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