Dec 20, 2019

American Lyric Theater Unveils InsightALT Festival 2020

By David Salazar

American Lyric Theater will shine a spotlight on new opera via the InsightALT Festival on Feb. 22-23, 2020 at The Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York City.

The festival will present three new operas in development under the Composer Librettist Development Program.

The first of these works is “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Fallen Giant,” a comic mystery created by Evan Meier and E.M. Lewis. It will be presented on Feb. 22 and stars Daniel Curran, Mary-Hollis Hundley, Heather Johnson, Steven Condy, and Andrew W. Potter, among others. Andrew Bisantz conducts.

The second of these works will be “The Opposable Thumb,” written by Julian Crouch and with music by Liliya Ugay. It will be presented on Feb. 23 with Caroline Worra, Andrew Bidlack, Gideon Dabi, Jordan Rutter, Scott Conner, Sydney Anderson, Vera Savage and Cierra Byrd leading the cast. Emily Senturia conducts.

The third selection will be “The Halloween Tree,” which is based on Ray Bradbury’s famed novel. The opera is written by composer Theo Popov and librettist Tony Asaro. Also performed on the 23^rd, it will star Matt Boehler. Geoffrey McDonald conducts.

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By David Salazar

Prior to creating OperaWire, DAVID SALAZAR, (Editor-in-Chief) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he interviewed major opera stars including Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Vittorio Grigolo, Diana Damrau and Rolando Villazon among others. His 2014 interview with opera star Kristine Opolais was cited in a New York Times Review.

He also had the opportunity of interviewing numerous Oscar nominees, Golden Globe winners and film industry giants such as Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac and John Leguizamo among others.

David holds a Masters in Media Management from Fordham University. During his time at Fordham, he studied abroad at the Jagiellonian University in Poland. He also holds a dual bachelor’s from Hofstra University in Film Production and Journalism.