"Margaret Garner"

Reaching a New Audience

The New York Sun Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:20 PM PDTOn a recent afternoon, in a brightly lit studio above Times Square, the cast of the opera "Margaret Garner," which will open New York City Opera's season on September 11, was rehearsing a slave auction. To the sound of a whip cracking - represented in rehearsal by a hand clap - a line of men opened their mouths to be inspected and twisted their bodies around to show their muscles. The "slave ...