Artemesia
Artemisia
Composition by Laura Schwendinger
Libretto by Ginger Strand
Left Coast Ensemble
Z Space, San Francisco, CA
World Premiere
Creative Team
Direction
Jenn BeVard
Conductor
Matilda Hofman
Lighting Design
Allen Willner
Projection Design
Andrew Lucia
Scenic Design
Angrette McCloskey
Costumes
Maggie Whitaker
"As befits the painterly subject matter, there are visual delights on offer in the production by director Jenn BeVard, who corrals the performers into various tableaux echoing Gentileschi’s work as the paintings are projected behind them. The staging captures the opera’s multilevel conception, in which the biblical and mythical figures in the paintings serve as autobiographical stand-ins for Gentileschi herself."
Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle
"...sumptuous on every level."
Rebecca Wishnia, SF Classical Voice
