Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s new opera hits the bull’s-eye in every possible way and engages audiences to boot.
As directed by Rhiannon Giddens, the festival explores improvisation and cross-cultural connections at the expense of European modernism.
The soprano’s interpretive skills make the case for André Previn’s final work, Penelope, among other selections.
In Peter Sellars’s semistaged production, everything from the orchestra to the principal performances is absolutely right.
