The Atlanta Opera’s “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” celebrates the bebop jazz icon
The Atlanta Opera opened its 2018–19 season this past Thursday with one of its successful Discovery Series chamber opera productions at Le Maison Rouge, Paris on Ponce: Charlie Parker’s Yardbird. Composed by Daniel Schnyder, with a libretto by Bridgette Wimberly, the opera (through October 7) explores with mixed results the persona of legendary bebop saxophonist…


