Maternal Love and Loss: Q&A with Stephen Carr, Stage Director of Eastman Opera’s Suor Angelica and Mese Mariano

By John Fatuzzo This weekend, Thursday, January 28 to Sunday, January 31, the Eastman Opera Theater will present a double-bill of Giacomo Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Umberto Giordano’s Mese Mariano. While the Puccini is a well-known work and the Giordano is rarely performed, both of the one-act operas present stories of maternal love and loss;…