Opera News, August 1st, 2003
PASATIERI: The Seagull
Shoremount, Gough, Behan; Ayers, Worth, Alvarez de Toledo; Manhattan School of Music Opera Orchestra, chorus, Gilbert. Texts. Troy 579-580
Thomas Pasatieri has written seventeen operas in a frankly emotional, lyrical vernacular, rich in passion and melody, though prominent figures in the musical establishment used to frown on such things. Still, he persisted, pleasing audiences and winning prestigious commissions in the process. For Houston Grand Operas first world premiere, Pasatieri chose as source material Chekhov's The Seagull. The play, revered for its subtlety, s...
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