This is an opera destined to be a Christmastime staple, produced here in conjunction with University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, and melding professional and amateur singers.
Few recent operas have enjoyed the success that Tobias Picker’s “Emmeline” achieved on its arrival in 1996. Its critically acclaimed debut production at the Santa Fe Opera was nationally televised on PBS and issued on CD; New York City Opera mounted the work in 1998.
The cast was strong, especially...the magisterial tenor Peter Furlong as the aggrieved, defiant father...
“...the strongest vocal showing of the night: Peter Furlong pumped out sound and effect.”