Bernstein (arr. Sunderland) - A Quiet Place
ONP Garnier, Wednesday March 16 2002 Conductor: Kent Nagano. Production: Krzysztof Warlikowski. Sets and costumes: Małgorzata Szczęśniak. Lighting: Felice Ross. Video: Kamil Polak. Dede: Claudia Boyle. François: Frédéric Antoun. Junior: Gordon Bintner. Sam: Russell Braun. Funeral director: Colin Judson. Bill: Régis Mengus. Susie: Hélène Schneiderman. Analyst: Loïc Félix. Doc: Jean-Luc Ballestra. Mrs Doc: Emanuela Pascu. Mourners: Marianne Croux, Ramya Roy, Kiup Lee, Niall Anderson. Dinah: Johanna Wokalek. Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris. Photos: Bernd Uhlig, ONP Apparently Alexander Neef, director of the ONP, has decided to schedule more American operas, which is fine by me, and the first result is this crystalline production of A Quiet Place . Bernstein's 1983 sequel to Trouble in Tahiti seems, like many works in opera history, to have been dogged unfairly by its reputation of being a flop (it wasn't well received, initially), and as a result, tinkered wit...