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2020-10-31 22:21:50
Murky piano, distantly tolling bells, ominous low brass and an operatic singer. Sounds like Halloween, right? Today’s release day for David Hertzberg‘s one-act opera The Rose Elf – streaming at Bandcamp – and that’s how it opens. That overture rises with an eerie tinkle of piano to a cold stop. The lyrics are in German […]
2020-07-10 16:33:38
Elizabeth Braden conducts a suitably otherworldly performance of the award-winning opera
2020-06-18 12:49:36
At four years old, MCANA’s Best New Opera Award has an illustrious track record. The inaugural Award went to Missy Mazzoli (composer) and Royce Vavrek (librettist) for Breaking the Waves in 2017; the 2nd Award went to composer-librettist David Hertzberg for The Wake World in 2018; and the 3rd annual award went to Ellen Reid (composer) and Roxy Perkins (libretto) for p [...]
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-05-20 18:56:06
‘The Wake World’ comes from somewhere, but where?
Time and again while listening to the new recording of David Hertzberg’s opera, I asked myself, What zeitgeist did this arrive from? What cultural phenomenon contributed to why it was written now? And why have audiences responded to it so readily? Here are the pieces that don’t even begin to add up. – David Patrick […]