![]() ![]() ![]() The piece is beautifully, virtuosically scored, showcasing a rich palette of the “usual” operatic band ably augmented by the addition of a sitar (Arjun Verma) and tabla (Javad Butah). And composer Perla has masterfully crafted a score that truly sings, and which sounds like nothing else in the operatic canon. Joseph as crafted a lean skeleton of a libretto that connects all of the major occurrences with uncanny precision. ![]() That is owing to not only a restless, unnerving score replete with profound dramatic declamations but also colored with serenely beautiful melismatic phrases. Like OTSL’s Champion and 27 before it, Shalimar the Clown seems destined for further greatness. This riveting new work by composer Jack Perla and librettist Rajiv Joseph (based on Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name) is not so much a towering achievement, as another astonishing over-achievement from this committed and (apparently) tireless company. ![]()
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