THE MAIDS BY Peter Bengtson
CINCINNATI OPERA (2004)
CONDUCTOR
Patrick Summers
CAST
N. A. Lundy, A. McHardy, S. Novacek
PRODUCTION
N. Muni (Stage Director), D. Lyne (Scenery & Clothes), T.C. Hase (Lighting), J. Geier (Hair/Make-up), R. Cawood (Projection Design)
Collaborating again with acclaimed Artistic Director Nic Muni, I was asked to create a four minute short film to played prior to the start of the opera (and additional footage to be played back during the performance presented as cctv footage) this video was leveraged to set the emotional tone of this intimate psychodrama.
“Directed by artistic director Nicholas Muni, Cincinnati Opera’s venturesome double bill paired a political allegory and an intimate psychodrama. His pacing and crafting of suspense took the breath away. They shared the same production, an ingenious one…”The Emperor” has considerable visual appeal. Both operas were gripping and reinforce the excellence and innovation for which Cincinnati Opera is becoming known.”
— Mary Ellyn Hutton, The Cincinnati Post
