Profile reviews
2“Stars Carry Our Waiting Into a Story”
Komagata, particularly lyrical in his role, made soaring lines out of declamations.
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Immigrant opera ‘ELLIS’ sends audiences on a profound journey
Manny, a bright-eyed young man from Ireland, was sung with earnest gusto by tenor Taka Komagata.
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Past Production Reviews
1Cendrillon, Massenet
D: Rebecca Miller Kratzer
C: Eve Budnick
Don’t Wish, Do It Yourself
Opera need not be opulent to be marvelous. Opera del West, helmed by Eve Budnick, brings fully staged—if fringe—opera to the Metro West area of Massachusetts and provides a space for young professional singers to tackle exciting roles. Between August 9 and 11, the company, under the insightful direction of Rebecca Miller Kratzer, picked up their ladders, tulle, and sparkly shoulder pads and transported their production of Cendrillon, by Jules Massenet, to the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA).
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