Milwaukee Opera Theatre ‘zoirèe’ premieres a new musical, In the Clouds . It’s fun. By Dominique Paul Noth - Jan 25th, 2021 03:23 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Clouds. (Pixabay License).
I was pleased to be invited to the rather intimate online premiere of the Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s first “Zoirèe,” rather mischievously named to conjure up images of those exclusive salons or private home soirees where cultural insiders gathered in small groups to see new stage or concert works – only now we do it on Zoom.
This one, a conversational recitative for three commissioned from local composer
In the Cloud: A Virtual Musical, skips among three humble locales in smooth editing and musical emotional high spots as a typical family copes with the quarantine. The music is pleasant and meaningful. It nicely hits all the familiar isolation realities of our mutual pandemic, the daughter stuck in her apartment with only her caring dad being po