“Before Night Falls” Debuts With Fort Worth Opera
Posted in Art, Opera, Theatre on June 1st, 2010Wes Mason, in the role of Reinaldo Arenas, leaps among the women of his Cuban village, while Fort Worth Opera conductor, Joe Illick, leads the orchestra during a dress rehearsal for the world premier of Jorge Martin‘s “Before Night Falls” at Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday May 27, 2010.
Fort Worth Opera‘s latest creation, “Before Night Falls,” opened at Bass Hall this weekend to enthusiastic crowds and while the reviews are mixed, Fort Worth gets a tip of the hat for underwriting composer and librettist Jorge Martin‘s operatic re-telling of Reinaldo Arenas’ life story.
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