It starts off strongly by depicting a bustling day at the office of the accounting firm where Marnie works. The best scenes in “Marnie” come when Mr. Muhly, in sync with Mr. Wright, takes creative chances. Mr. Muhly, who grew up singing in church choirs, instills these fleeting scenes with hints of early sacred music over pungently subdued writing in the orchestra. And the shadows were crucial to another compelling scene in the office of a psychoanalyst. Earlier in the opera, after Mark catches her stealing from his office safe, Marnie agrees to marry him, seeing no way out.

Source: New York Times October 21, 2018 17:03 UTC