“During the prequel — a brilliant selection of works — director Cara Consilvio had her characters play out the story of Angelica before she entered the convent: boy meets girl, they fall in love and so on until she’s locked away by her rich, noble family to atone for her sins.”
Read MoreBundy Museum Director of Development Janna Rudler sat down with Cara Consilvio and John Cockerill, the Stage Director and Music Director, respectively, of Tri Cities Opera's upcoming production, Suor Angelica.
Read MoreHosts: Cynthia Hennon Marino and Stacy Hennon Stone
Producer: Willis Kai Stone
“Director Cara Consilvio made the most of the available playing space in the Opera Center’s Savoca Hibbitt Hall: two ramps, two flat spaces, a bench and screen. The images projected onto the screen – war scenes and domestic scenes, images of the time by Scenic Designer Tialoc Lopez-Watermann — added to the drama without distraction.”
Read More“The staging by Cara Consilvio kept the cast, first appearing in fuchsia robes, constantly ascending and descending two movable stairs of different heights, with their tops sometimes used as podia. Though there were things going on all the time, and costumes changes often onstage, everything seemed quite organically designed. Video projections were used occasionally, but tellingly, to offer clues.”
Read More“If you are as worn-out and weary as I was with the recent election season and in need of an uplifting break, I would encourage you to spend a night (or afternoon) in the dark forest, where awaits a gingerbread house and characters who will restore your faith, if not in the political process, at least in humanity and music’s ability to soothe your soul and transport you back to a simpler time: your childhood.”
Read MoreCara’s interview with Al Nigrin, Executive Director and Curator of the NJ Film Festival, about her short film "C.I.T."
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