Fri - March 29, 2024, 3:19 am
High Praise for Louis Karchin's Jane Eyre "warmth, beauty" - Center for Contemporary Opera
"Karchin tells the story through the orchestra, as much as the singers, with their words. This is a symphonic opera as much as a vocal one. Karchin writes like a man who has lived with opera, although Jane Eyre is only his second.." "The title role, Jane Eyre, is a big soprano role, a tour de force. It was created—i.e., premiered—by Jennifer Zetlan..." "Karchin’s Jane Eyre is an old-fashioned opera, bold in its aim, unblushing about opera’s traditions." - Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion, Dec. 2016