Opera News // Hagoromo
“Davis strikes a balance between musical experimentation and more familiar vocal writing. Contrapuntal passages of Mozartean elegance emerge unexpectedly from chaotic textures, and the expressive motives of Baroque composition provide a Western equivalent to Noh’s stylization. Rather than attempt an exact re-creation or even a hybrid of the art form, Davis reinterprets its theatrical and musical conventions through his own style.”