For Piano Spheres, Kallay used Alexander Scriabin’s Fifth Sonata as a jumping-off point to explore “ecstatic states.”
Stephen King’s bestselling novel comes to the opera stage with, thankfully, less luridness than Stanley Kubrick’s famous film adaptation.
Already without a top executive, PBO is now also charting a future without Music Director Richard Egarr, who’s stepping down next season.
There will be an added poignancy to the San Francisco Symphony’s performances of Adriana Mater this week.
