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| Ryan McKinny (photo Ronen Zilberman) |
The Hawai‘i Opera Theatre (HOT) opened Andre Previn's
A Streetcar Named Desire tonight, which will also be performed on January 29, and 31st at the NBC Concert Hall in downtown Honolulu. The cast is led be barihunk Ryan McKinny in the role of Stanley Kowalski, which was made famous by Marlon Brando in the 1951 movie version. McKinny performed the role with the
Los Angeles Opera to great acclaim in 2014.
He'll be joined by soprano Jill Gardner as Blanche DuBois and Victoria Livengood as Eunice Hubbell. Tickets are available
online.
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| Ryan McKinny (photo Ronen Zilberman) |
The production will be directed by Brad Dalton who mounted the London premiere of the opera with the composer. He also directed the piece at Carnegie Hall, Washington, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The production comes from New Orleans where the story takes place. Mark Morash will conduct.
Next up for McKinny is another American opera classic, John Adams'
Nixon in China with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on March 3 and 5. He then returns to his specialty as a Wagnerian, singing Gunther in
Götterdammerung at the Houston Grand Opera and Amfortas in
Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival.
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