Cynthia Stokes

Theatre and Opera Director

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  • South Pacific
    Piedmont Opera
    
    
    "From top to bottom the Piedmont Opera’s South Pacific is entertaining and intellectually satisfying. (Stokes) ask the big questions about ethics, morality, and national identity in the face of the violent reality of war and at the same time allows the show to breathe, laugh, and percolate with the joy of performance. This first 2014 production is a moving and hilarious entertainment that works hard to give audiences what they come in out of the cold for. The Piedmont Opera is alive and open for business… and business is booming."
    
    Denyce Graves, The Charlotte Observer
  
  
  
  "From the opening notes of the overture to the finale, this “South Pacific” was a joy to behold and hear… wholehearted and full-out…a cast that sounds good, looks good and can act. This is a show that you can get lost in, can absolutely go live in for three hours and not regret one second of it."
  
  Lynn Felder, Winston-Salem Journal