In Review: ST. PAUL

From: Opera News | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Fuchsberg, Larry | Copyright information

ST. PAUL

Reinhard Keiser's The Fortunes of King Croesus (1730), given its American premiere by Minnesota Opera (in a coproduction with England's Opera North) after some 277 years on the shelf, may not have been the most glittery event of the season, but it was a gold mine for cultural historians, indeed for anyone curious about the genre's roots. Even after extensive surgery by director Ttm Albery and conductor Harry Bicket, Croesus (seen March 1) felt disheveled, repetitive and, in it...

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