Director and librettist, Colin Graham’s legacy, a new operatic version of Anna Karenina recently opened at Opera Theater of St. Louis. Colin, who passed away in April was scheduled to direct the would premier production at Florida Grand Opera in Miami, but it was never meant to be. His assistant, Mark Streshinsky, saw it through. This Anna was composed by David Carlson; Graham wrote the libretto.
After receiving huge acclaim in Miami, Anna Karenina has moved to the company Colin led to international renown during his two-decade tenure as artistic director. The production stars, with soprano Kelly Kaduce as Anna, Robert Gierlach as Vronsky, Christian Van Horn as Karenin, Brandon Jovanovich as Levin, Sarah Coburn as Kitty, Christine Abraham as Dolly and veteran Rosalind Elias as Agafia. The music director of Florida Grand Opera, Stewart Robertson, is the music director for this production. (photo above by Debra Gray Mitchell)
Tags: Anna Karenina, Gierlach, Kaduce, Opera
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