Appomattux

A mother who stayed here several years ago came by to drop off a donation. I happened to run into her at the front desk, so we caught up on her son's acting classes. Turns out she and her son were both in Philip Glass's Appomattux which premiered here in San Francisco last October. Wow! I saw it on opening night with my son Gregory - what a performance that was! Very moving. Turns out the mother and son were part of the scene where Richmond is destroyed by the Confederates as they leave the city. A mournful, moving, heroic, tragic opera. An incredible evening.