2007

Dicapo Opera Theatre : Puccini Project : Messa di Gloria & Le Villi

Premiere : New York

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Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower --- 1/12/2007

Puccini's Messa Di Gloria....Stephen Pier, the new work's choreographer had the Nilas Martins dance ensemble moving with up-stretched arms, all the while with feet firmly placed onstage....The dancers flowed with the chorus, in a structure that paired male dancers and male chorus, female dancers and female chorus, plus mixed gender performances, and, at times, the entire chorus or orchestra performed unaccompanied by dancers, for a constantly shifting focus in genre and aesthetic.

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-Review

ANNE MIDGETTE --- the New York Times ---1/15/2007...striking performances of choreography by Stephen Pier ('Messa di Gloria')the 'Messa di Gloria' showed that Dicapo is capable of achieving a higher standard. And Mr. Pier's choreography reflected the bright, busy (sometimes cheesy) music in interesting ways. When the low voices intoned, 'Qui tollis peccata mundi,' he sent the male dancers across the front of the stage in Graham-like poses that were later embellished with the female dancers on a repeat when the women's voices joined in.

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