Text reads: In a time when the world needed someone to stand up, hers was the voice that ignited change. The 2019 Phantom Regiment celebrates bold, empowered women and the spirit of revolution through the lens of Joan of Arc, one of the world's most prolific independent women. Sometimes when you are willing to stand alone, the world will listen. Featuring music from: Carmina Burana—Carl Orff, Audivi Media Nocte—Oliver Waespi, Zohar—Jonathan Leshnoff, Fire of Eternal Glory—Shostakovich, Lady McBeth of Mtsensk—Shostakovich, Vox Populi—30 Seconds to Mars, Unleashed—Two Steps from Hell

Hey, Phantom Regiment: BAD MOVE

TW: violence against women. Yiiiiikes. Someone tell Phantom Regiment that a show celebrating women should really feature music BY women.

(the following is a transcription of a Twitter thread I posted this morning. Further comments are in brackets [ ]. It is worth noting that for a show about Joan of Arc, “burn it all down” is an awful tagline.)

Yiiiiiikes. Someone tell Phantom Regiment that a show celebrating women should really feature music BY women. Yes, I understand the name recognition wouldn’t be on the same level. But if you only use men’s music, guess what: you care about men’s reactions more than women’s. [I say this in that their repertoire choices make it look like they’re more interested in crowd-pleasing than in telling an anywhere-near-accurate story; they care more about saying they did a show about a woman than they do actually getting it right.]