Behind the Scenes, Interviews
Q&A: Librettist/Director Crystal Manich & Composer Laura Kaminsky on Pittsburgh Opera’s World Premiere, Telling Audiences It’s “Time to Act” With School Gun Violence
https://operawire.com/qa-librettist-director-crystal-manich-composer-laura-kaminsky-on-pittsburgh-operas-world-premiere-telling-audiences-its-time-to-act-with-school-gun-violence/
Tonight, Pittsburgh Opera will set the stage to “Time to Act’s” world premiere. A new opera whose setting is a modern day high school and whose characters are teenagers, the opera’s slogan is “build the world you want to see.” The students’ preparation for a production of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy, “Antigone,” quickly turns into a parallel story of {…}
