Russell Spencer, a singer in the production, praised the audience of locals from the surrounding countryside. "They picked up on a lot of things that a lot of city slickers didn't pick up on," he said, "they listened and they got every joke and they got all the nuances of it. They were a wonderful audience, one of the most wonderful audiences I've ever played to, as a matter of fact."
The singers are leading the Metropolitan Opera premiere of John Adams' work.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Lileana Blain-Cruz's production of John Adams' opera-oratorio opened April 23.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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