Lyric Opera of Kansas City - The Brightness of Light
Renee Fleming and Rod Gilfry play Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Stieglitz
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It's as if - for the past hour - we have been with O'Keefe herself, going from young ambitious woman and artist, to the legend and icon she became.
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Renee Fleming and Rod Gilfry play Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Stieglitz
Renee Fleming and Rod Gilfry play Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Stieglitz
Conducted by Robert Moody, the world-renowned opera diva Renee Fleming joins the Lyric Opera of Kansas City's ensemble for a stunning revival The Brightness Of Light, Pultizer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts' critically acclaimed song cycle!
Also featuring the sonic talents of leading American baritone Rod Gilfry, the Brightness of Light chronicles the meeting and decades-long correspondence between iconic painter Georgia O'Keefe and photographer Alfred Stieglitz. As love and art intertwine, the couple's humor, poetry, and passion collide with the development of O'Keefe as one of the 20th century's greatest artists, referenced in projected sequences and images designed by Wendall K. Harrington.