Proving Up

Washington National Opera, 2018 (World Premiere)

Composer: Missy Mazzoli Librettist: Royce Vavrek Director: Alison Moritz Conductor: Christopher Roundtree Costume Designer: Lynly A. Saunders Lighting Designer: AJ Guban Photography: Scott Suchman

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“Bass Timothy J. Bruno used his dark-hued voice and hulking frame, in a dust-covered, tattered costume (part of the effective design of Lynly Saunders), to sow terror from the moment he first lurched silently across the stage.”

— Washington Classical Review

Proving Up

“Bass Timothy J. Bruno used his dark-hued voice and hulking frame, in a dust-covered, tattered costume (part of the effective design of Lynly Saunders), to sow terror from the moment he first lurched silently across the stage.”

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