Virginia Opera’s American Dream Makes an Intimate, Moving Close to its Thrilling New Variations Season

Opening Night with Rebecca Weinstein

English - April 13, 2019 15:00 - 6 minutes - 8.52 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Society & Culture rebecca evans arts hampton roads symphony opera chamber music theater reviews cultural arts culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Virginia Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Mozart with Guest Conductor Scott Yoo

Next Episode: Pianist Olga Kern and a Bach Celebration Kick off the 2019 Virginia Arts Festival

On April 6, Virginia Opera presented the final offering of its new Variations season of short, casual, and contemporary opera in English. The chamber opera, called “An American Dream,” by composer Jack Perla and librettist Jessica Murphy Moo, centered on two women in America during World War II: a Japanese American young woman sent to an internment camp and a German-Jewish immigrant tormented by thoughts of her parents still in Germany.