Photos from Adams's "A Flowering Tree" Chicago Premiere

As the Nonesuch Journal reported yesterday, John Adams's latest opera, A Flowering Tree, received its Midwest premiere last night in Chicago's Millennium Park, with the composer conducting. The Chicago Opera Theater production stars Natasha Jouhl as Kumudha, a young girl with the power to turn herself into a flowering tree; Noah Stewart as the Prince; and Sanford Sylvan, who has originated leading roles in two Adams operas (Chou En-Lai in Nixon in China and the title character in The Death of Klinghoffer), as the Storyteller. The next performance is this Saturday, with Adams conducting again.

Below are photos from the production and the dress rehearsal, starting with shot of John Adams leading rehearsal. Click on the image for the full-size photo, courtesy of the Chicago Opera Theater:

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