Osburnt: Dispatches From a Life Seared by the Arts

Soprano Elizabeth Futral gave conductor John Kennedy a heartfelt embrace at the curtain call for her solo performance in the Lincoln Center Festival premiere run of ÉMILIE, an opera by composer Kaija Saariaho and librettist Amin Maalouf. With a text culled from letters, notes and other documents, Futral sings the part of Émilie du Châtelet,…