Sharps & Flatirons: Two operas worth a trip into the mountains
“A special word should go to Steele Fitzwater and apprentice artist Xochitl Hernandez as the couple Billy Jackrabbit and Wowkle. Too often portrayed as racist, native American stereotypes, here they were characters with dignity. In this production directed by Fenlon Lamb, Billy is a white man who has had a child by an Indian woman, an historically viable and interesting choice that puts a more subtle spin on characters traditionally based on narrow, hidebound notions of the American Indian. Both sang well.”