Sarah Kirkland Snider's new opera, Hildegard, was lauded by critic Jim Farber in his "Best Performancesof 2025" for the San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV). Farber described the work, which premiered at LA Opera, as a brilliant,"transcendent" blend of modern musical vocabulary and 12th-century monastic atmosphere. Farber highlighted the production's ability to evoke profound emotion with minimal yet powerful musical gestures.

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