Ionarts in Santa Fe: 'Cold Mountain'

Ensemble in Cold Mountain, 2015, Santa Fe Opera (photo by Ken Howard)

C. Frazier, Cold Mountain (Grove Press, 1997)

Charles T. Downey, “Cold Mountain” is a long, bleak night in Santa Fe Opera premiere (The Classical Review, August 6)

Few moments equal the excitement of the world premiere of a new opera. The theater darkens, and music that very few people have heard before unfolds before you.

This crucial tradition continued at Santa Fe Opera this year with the world premiere of Cold Mountain, the first opera by American composer Jennifer Higdon...

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Zachary Woolfe, ‘Cold Mountain,’ at Santa Fe Opera, Recounts a Separated Lover’s Arduous Journey (New York Times, August 6)

Jeffrey Brown, Civil War tragedy ‘Cold Mountain’ inspires opera (PBS NewsHour, August 5)

George Loomis, Cold Mountain, Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico — review (Financial Times, August 5)

Paul Ingles, 'Cold Mountain' Takes Civil War Odyssey To The Opera Stage (NPR, August 5)

Thomas May, Cold Mountain Almost Reaches the Top (Musical America, August 5)

Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, Miguel Harth-Bedoya brings Jennifer Higdon’s music to life in ‘Cold Mountain’ (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 5)

John Stege, A Magic Mountain (Santa Fe Reporter, August 5)

Ray Mark Rinaldi, Santa Fe Opera ascends with Jennifer Higdon's "Cold Mountain" (Denver Post, August 4)

Rodney Punt, Jennifer Higdon’s ‘Cold Mountain’ Has World Premiere at Santa Fe Opera

David Patrick Stearns, Higdon's 'Cold Mountain' premieres in Santa Fe (Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3)

James M. Keller, ‘Cold Mountain’ opera review: Long-lost love among the ruins (Santa Fe New Mexican, August 2)