Dark Sisters (Gotham Chamber Opera)
"Dark Sisters" is Nico Muhly's second opera inside of a year. The first, "Two Boys" premiered at the English National Opera and showed much promise, delivering something relevant and accessible (two things that can't always be said of contemporary opera). This second effort is by far the more conventional, a chamber piece that engages without grasping the bigger picture.The greatest pity is that with only 7 singers, …