The resulting musical setting is clear and natural. The use of spirit-like characters is another familiar device in opera, and here - with Angel Blue bringing her luminous soprano voice and unforced charisma to the dual role - it is more affecting than the cliché it could easily have been. The opera also creates a twofold female character, Destiny and Loneliness, to embody qualities that haunt Charles. During long stretches of Act I, Charles hovers around Char’es-Baby, issuing warnings the boy can’t hear, and they sometimes sing in duo, with winding lyrical lines over mellow harmonies. The device of having a character be portrayed by two singers at different stages of life goes back a long way in opera, and works powerfully here. In the next scene, his 7-year-old self, Char’es-Baby, is played by Walter Russell III, an endearingly gangly and sweet-toned boy soprano. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).When the opera opens, we see Charles (the muscular-voiced baritone Will Liverman, in a breakthrough performance) as a college student, speeding home, pistol in hand, bent on revenge for having been molested as a boy by his older cousin. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. GRUNZWEIG Type of Resource Still image Identifiers Photo Order: 60088 TMS ID: 9133 TMS Object Number: 94PH049.016 Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78552530-98d2-0136-180f-0554e31b44b9 Copyright Notice © Bedrich Grunzweig - Rights Statement This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. EDGAR HOOVER AND STAFF + // OPENING NIGHT 1953/54 OF METR.OPERA SEASON (printed on label detached from print): Bedrich Grunzweig // 333 East 55th Street // Apartment 11D // New York, NY 10022 (stamped in ink): c B. (27.9 x 35.2 cm) On verso (stamped in ink): 4 2 (signed in graphite): Bedrich Grunzweig J. Bedrich Grunzweig (American, 1910-2009) Physical Description Gelatin silver prints Extent: Print Size: 11 x 13 7/8 in. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Genres Photographs Notes Statement of responsibility: F. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection Shelf locator: 94PH049.016 Topics New York (N.Y.) Hoover, J. New York City Dates / Origin Date Created: 1953 Library locations The Miriam and Ira D. Names Grunzweig, Bedrich, 1910-2009 (Photographer) Collection
Edgar Hoover and Staff, Opening Night 1953/54 of Metropolitan Opera season
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