Opera as Theatre: Anthony Davis on “Lear on the 2nd Floor”
Challenging, contemporary, and lyrical: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis Confusion, fear, panic, and loneliness are not uncommon emotions in opera. Add to the list aging, family dynamics, manipulation, suffering, madness, foolishness, order, vision, and loyalty, as inspired by the themes and character relationships in Shakespeare’s King Lear, and you have a compelling contemporary opera with…