Erwartung was the evening’s triumph, a brilliantly realized thirty-minute staging of the expressionist opera...
The antiseptic backdrop offered striking contrast to [the Woman’s] condition; as she rhapsodized, lashed out, and deteriorated, the others around her—a corps of six dancers cast as hospital workers and visitors—performed precision movements mirroring her unraveling. The results were gripping. ”
- Opera News
The staging by director Giselle Ty is at once boldly revisionist and faithful to the piece’s spirit
“The point of “Erwartung" is not action but emotion. It’s a musical rendering, one psychological nanosecond at a time, of the inner workings of the woman’s mind. The superb production of “Erwartung” captures every detail of that conception with exhilarating immediacy”
- San Francisco Chronicle (on Schönberg’s Erwartung)
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ is a triumph
The singing is fine…everyone’s acting is even better…No orange trees or singing larks needed for this outstanding “Cavalleria rusticana.”
- The Boston Globe
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There may be no more imaginative director in the Boston area than Giselle Ty.
Her staging of Hughes’ and Rojahn’s works took on a more experimental and delightfully absurdist edge…Ty’s direction drew markedly visceral and emotional performances. The ending was especially poignant, even horrifying. - The Boston Classical Review (Let’s Make a Sandwich)
THE PRODUCTION IS A SHARP ONE, CREATED WITH A WEALTH OF IMAGINATION
The most innovative aspect of Ty’s staging is the outright depiction of the rape. Unlike most productions, the act is not understated, subtle or mediated by some false measure of Lucretia’s lust…The scene is awkward, appalling and terrifying to watch. - The Boston Musical Intelligencer (Britten’s Rape of Lucretia)