A meditation on trauma and the fallacies of human memory, “In a Grove” is Christopher Cerrone and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann’s take on a 1922 short story by Japanese author Ryonūsuke Akutagawa. With its limited cast of four soloists (doubling as two characters each) it centers on the murder of Ambrose Raines which Cerrone recounts in four testimonies and three confessions. {…}
Pittsburgh Opera is set to broadcast the world premiere of “In a Grove” on May 15, 2022. The showcase, which is based on the short story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, will be available to stream on YouTube for free. The opera, which is based on the source material that was also the basis for the historic and award-winning film “Rashomon,” will {…}
(Credit: Pittsburgh Opera official website) Pittsburgh Opera has announced that it will stage the world premiere of Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann’s opera “In a Grove.” “In a Grove” is based on a short story of the same name by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and follows seven witness testimonies to a murder, each clashing in perspective; the work is famously the inspiration {…}
