Arizona Opera opens Tucson season with cross-over show

The genius of Redler and Dye's piece, co-commissioned by Arizona Opera and several other companies along with the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus, is their ability to marry opera and music theater. Redler's score has flashes of New Orleans jazz and quintessential Broadway pop intermingled with the soaring vocals and lush orchestral melodies that define classic opera. Dye's libretto employs soldier's language, curse words and all, for authenticity as we peer into military life through a soldier's lens.

Put it all together and you have a theatrical experience that appeals to opera and non-opera audiences alike.

– Cathalena E. Burch