Press

Praise for Constance: a Confession

"Constance refracts and reflects modern life, delivering its argument about manipulators and tragic gullibility without selling out its characters or assaulting the audience with the moral."

 

“'Part 3: Rainbow Warrior' introduces librettist Lisa Clair alongside the composer Roger A. Martinez. Their collaboration detonates with the reckless confidence of a punk zine staged as chamber opera, ridiculing sanctimony even as it courts it. Musically, the production possesses an appealing volatility. The score slides effortlessly between styles, charting Constance’s psychological ascent with increasingly flamboyant textures."
-TheaterScene

 

"The tone and musical language continuously shift alongside Constance herself. At times the production feels like absurdist satire. At others it edges into psychological drama or full downtown experimental opera chaos. At one point the audience around me seemed completely delighted by the escalating rainbow coded wellness culture absurdity while I sat there realizing the opera was brushing uncomfortably close to things that already exist outside the theater.

 

That tension is exactly what gives the production its bite."

 

"A funny, edgy tale of a woman with zero scruples and boundless ambition."

 

"Vulgar exaggeration and parody explode into terrific opera."
-Berkshire Fine Arts

 

"An excellent production."

 

Praise for Alcina Revamped

"Surprisingly, harpsichords and synthesizers blend nicely, and beat designer Roger A. Martinez deserves special praise for skillfully integrating electronic percussion into the recitative. Handel’s fantastical story cries out for new wave, ballroom culture, late-stage disco, or even punk."
-Broad Street Review