Omer Ben Seadia, Director of Cincinnati Opera’s production of “Ariadne auf Naxos,” sits down with Evans to discuss how she got her start in opera, how she played hooky from the Israeli army to be in rehearsals, and how she engages with the operatic art form.
The First Backstage Musical
Each show takes us behind the scenes to reveal that the artists who transport us as performers are still humans, with all their faults and foibles. In Ariadne auf Naxos, librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal and composer Richard Strauss go one step further, by poking gentle fun at themselves as well as their characters.