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Vanessa
Uncover the roots of Vanessa through a touching documentary portrait of composer Samuel Barber, alongside an influential essay about the “camp” sensibility that informs this production. Read More: Susan Sontag’s seminal 1964 essay, “Notes on Camp” provided a framework for camp sensibility that continues to inform artists, artistic works–such as this production of Vanessa–and theorists the world over. Beyond merely a “gay” sensibility, Sontag critiques a myriad of social and cultural products a
Williamstown connected with Jacob Ashworth about Vanessa, the Festival's first opera. What initially drew you to Vanessa, and what continues to resonate with you about the piece? Vanessa has been on our short list for years. The score is out of this world, up there with the greatest of all time. The singing is to die for. The characters are so alluring, dripping with mystery, begging us to look closer. And yet somehow, it has never been loved the way it could be. Why? Why isn’t it the Great Am
