It’s all part of getting into character as Tines channels the life and trials of a legendary performer, Paul Robeson.
Mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts and conductor Karen Kamensek are up for the challenges of Poul Ruders’s music and Margaret Atwood’s story.
The company’s 102nd season is off to a grand start with this well-staged and well-sung production of Verdi’s historical drama.
The LA Phil makes a splendid production out of Saint-Saëns, nicely setting up the concert’s second half of opera excerpts from Carmen.
Continued budget difficulties at the company are complicating labor talks with members of the orchestra.