First Review!

Composer Michael Kaulkin of San Francisco has written what this nail-biting author of The Steiny Road to Operadom
considers an intelligent review.

HIs essay, which he prefaces by saying he is not a critic, contains six short paragraphs that lay out why the Steiny Road book interested him and why he thinks "any composer or writer who is not already intimate with the vagaries of of the American opera world would surely learn something from this book." He goes on to say given that the "tone of the book is light and sharp," he thinks the book would be "enjoyable for anyone who is peripherally interested in the topic." Moreover, Kaulkin observes that the format of the book is cubist in the way the author has woven together her story in the world of contemporary opera with that of the whole American opera scene. The author had not realized that the format was cubist, but agrees that what Kaulkin states makes absolute sense. Now that she thinks about this, there is also the third layer which is the story of Gertrude Stein's collaboration with Virgil Thomson.

Read the review on Michael Kaulkin's blog at http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/227.

Be sure to have a look at Kaulkin's website. This author was impressed to see he studied with Conrad Susa who composed the opera Transformations based on the poetry of Anne Sexton. One of Kaulkin's current projects is a musical based on Robertson Davies on-act play Eros at Breakfast.

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