Why critics split over new operas

Why critics split over new operas

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norman lebrecht

August 26, 2015

Thoughtful piece by David Patrick Stearns in Philly.com on this summer’s two US operatic premieres.

Everyone raved over George Benjamin’s post-modern opera, Written on Skin. Stearns could not see the point.

Written on the Skin ? opera by George Benjamin

Most reviewers cavilled at Jennifer Higdon’s traditionalist Cold Mountain. Stearns liked it.

So why is that? Read here.

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