Powder Her Face
West Edge Opera, 2016
Composer: Thomas Adès
Conductor: Mary Chun
Director: Elkhanah Pulitzer
Set Design: Chad Owens
Costumes: Christine Cook
Lighting Design: Ray Oppenheimer
Wigs and Make-up: Sophia Smith
Photos: Cory Weaver
Reviews
“The wise director Elkhanah Pulitzer...steers her cast with exceptional fluidity”
“Elkhanah Pulitzer’s direction contrasted the prurient voyeurism of the public, both onstage and in the audience itself”
“vocal and theatrical magnificence...not to be missed by anyone with a taste for operatic adventure.”
“modern opera and West Edge Opera at their best.”
“The West Edge production, smartly staged by Elkhanah Pulitzer...illuminates the aristocratic character’s long slide into ruin in scene after sensational scene”
“Sordid and brilliant...anything but superficial”
“In the perceptive staging by director Elkhanah Pulitzer the show becomes a noisy meditation on excess, morality and fame...[Powder Her Face is] powerful entertainment and also an acute assessment of modern narcissism.”
