John Adams's latest opera, A Flowering Tree, received its Midwest premiere last night in Chicago's Millennium Park, with the composer conducting. The Chicago Opera Theater production stars Natasha Jouhl as Kumudha, a young girl with the power to turn herself into a flowering tree; Noah Stewart as the Prince; and Sanford Sylvan, who has previously originated leading roles in two Adams operas, as the Storyteller.
As the Nonesuch Journal reported yesterday, John Adams's latest opera, A Flowering Tree, received its Midwest premiere last night in Chicago's Millennium Park, with the composer conducting. The Chicago Opera Theater production stars Natasha Jouhl as Kumudha, a young girl with the power to turn herself into a flowering tree; Noah Stewart as the Prince; and Sanford Sylvan, who has originated leading roles in two Adams operas (Chou En-Lai in Nixon in China and the title character in The Death of Klinghoffer), as the Storyteller. The next performance is this Saturday, with Adams conducting again.
At left is a photo from the production. For more, head to chicagooperatheater.org.
