Reviews
Singer Reviews
“To this end he introduced a narrator, evocatively played by Jarrod Lee, in the persona of a poet delivering appropriate Rumi excerpts and helping the audience through the intricacies of the literally and figuratively baroque plot.……..Another nice touch was having Lee suddenly become part of the action, breaking into song in the role of the romantic go-between (a servant in Handel’s original version), opening a whole new door on a character that through entering the opera was at once diminished and humanized.” – Anne Midgette / Washington Post
Writer Reviews
Voices of Zion / “at its most successful in the lyrics of those arias that focus on the personal concerns of its characters, and that reflect the resilience of Black folks and their allies” – Gregory Ford, D.C. Metro Theatre Arts
Black Flute /“Black Flute welcomes the presence of Blackness and African Heritage into the narrative of a European diasporic canon that has often worked hard to keep any African presence invisible.” – Gregory Ford, D.C. Metro Theatre Arts