THE ROSE ELF
June 2018 \ Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY \ an opera by David Hertzberg (World Premiere) \ directed by R. B. Schlather \ conductor Teddy Poll \ costume Fay Eva \ light JAX Messenger \ hair and makeup Lily Scheff, Veronica Forman \ photography Matthew Placek \ produced by Unison Media \ developed by Opera Philadelphia \ with Kyle Bielfield, Alyssa Jordheim, Andrew Bogard, and Samantha Hankey
“Everything you want opera to be … The Rose Elf shocked, confounded, disturbed, and in the end, exalted.”
— Observer
“FREDDIE” AWARD BEST NEW OPERA — OPERAVORE
OPERA EVENT 2018 — WQXR
“R. B. Schlather’s staging employed the space in one of his most imaginative and consistently successful efforts yet.”
— Classical Voice America
“Directed with up-close intensity by R. B. Schlather.”
— WQXR
“Schlather, as is usual in his work, doesn’t waste his time on narrative but instead offers disturbing oneiric images hinting at a story beneath the story.”
— OBSERVER
