![]() ![]() Kuster have alternated book scenes and interludes, and it is in the latter that we most fully experience her sound vocabulary. Since the land itself and the (poisoned) water beneath it are a major presence in the story, so they are in the score. ![]() The characters were cleanly defined and the arc of the plot was well-crafted and easy to follow… Kristin Kuster has fashioned a fascinating score, so full of vibrant instrumental effects that it is not possible to take it all in on one hearing, nor to adequately describe it here. A THOUSAND ACRES, DES MOINES METRO opera, 2022Īs a component of its Fiftieth Anniversary Season, Des Moines Metro Opera added to its already prestigious reputation with a compelling world premiere of Kristin Kuster and Mark Campbell’s A Thousand Acres… Mark Campbell’s libretto was characterized by his usual lean, comprehensible storytelling, with just enough emotional subtext to let the composer flesh it out. ![]()
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