Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London Although well sung and staged, Lliam Paterson's score and Pamela Carter's text fail to make a substantial opera out of this Don DeLillo short story Lliam Paterson's The Angel Esmeralda was commissioned by Scottish Opera while he was its young composer in residence. But why it's now receiving its world premiere at the Guildhall School in London rather than north of the border seems a less important question than what made Paterson and his librettist, Pa...
The Angel Esmeralda review - slender DeLillo fable fails to take operatic flight
The Guardian - 25 Feb 2020 18:54
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London Although well sung and staged, Lliam Paterson's score and Pamela Carter's text fail to make a substantial opera out of this Don DeLillo short story Lliam Paterson's The Angel Esmeralda was commissioned by Scottish Opera while he was its young composer in residence. But why it's now receiving its world premiere at the Guildhall School in London rather than north of the border seems a less important question than what made Paterson and his librettist, Pa...
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