Growing anticipation for the world premiere of “On the Threshold of Winter,” the first opera by chair of the Conservatory Composition Department Michael Hersch (BM ’95, MM ’97, Composition), has prompted feature stories in both The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times this week. It was also recommended by New York magazine.
A Survivor, Inspired by Love and Loss: Michael Hersch’s New Opera Reflects on a Friend’s Death in The New York Times
Michael Hersch’s first opera an unconventional take on life and death in The Baltimore Sun
To Do: June 18–July 2, 2014 in New York magazine
Winter’ is a deeply personal debut opera for Peabody’s Michael Hersch in JHU Hub