Posted August 06, 2015

Wagnerian Jay Hunter Morris takes on the role of the villian Teague in Jennifer Higdon’s new Civil War opera “Cold Mountain” based on the best selling Charles Fraizer novel and the subsequent feature film.  Tenors aren’t usually cast as villians, but after performing Captain Ahab in “Moby Dick” Hunter Morris has what it takes to create a dark character. Hear his unusual venue for warming up.

Opera Philadelphia will perform the work in 2016 and Minnesota Opera will perform it in 2018.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/civil-war-tragedy-cold-mountain-inspires…