David Gockley In the late 1960s, my wife, then a soprano named Patricia Wise, had sheet music for two arias from “Susannah.” I’m really impressed: here’s a beautiful, poignant and – I hate to say it – listenable modern opera. Shortly after I got the job in Houston and went to the Cincinnati Opera soon …
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David Gockley In the late 1960s, my wife, then a soprano named Patricia Wise, had sheet music for two arias from “Susannah.” I’m really impressed: here’s a beautiful, poignant and – I hate to say it – listenable modern opera. Shortly after I got the job in Houston and went to the Cincinnati Opera soon …
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His latest opera, “Prince of Players,” was premiered by the Houston Grand Opera in March 2016, months before his 90th birthday, and was performed by the Little Opera Theater in New York at Hunter College in February 2017. Based on a Jeffrey Hatcher play (and a subsequent 2004 film) about Edward Kynaston, one of Restoration …
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