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Robert Paterson Marnie Breckenridge Weill Kaminsky McLean New York City Opera American Opera Projects Metropolitan Opera 1960 2011 2014
Composed by Robert Paterson. Performed tonight by baritone Jorell Williams with soprano Marnie Breckenridge, accompanied by pianist Blair McMillen. About In Real Life Song Cycles (composer Robert Paterson and David Cote, libretto): About forty million Americans have joined dating sites hoping to find true love in digital space. Following our original In Real Life song cycle for soprano and piano, In Real Life II explores the humor and heartbreak of this modern ritual. Five men fill out dating-site profiles, opening a window into their worlds. In Real Life II is about reality, fantasy and second chances in a brave new world. Described by the press as “a modern-day master” and "often the highlight of the program” (The New York Times), Robert Paterson was named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie’s Weill Hall. His opera, Three Way won a Grammy for Best Producer of the Year and the opera was on the nomination ballot for best score. His works have appeared on National Public Radio’s Best of the Year for classical music, and his orchestral tone poem Dark Mountains is regularly aired on NPR's Performance Today with Fred Child. Soprano Marnie Breckenridge is a singer known for her deeply expressive score interpretations, layered characterizations, and her lyrical, pure soprano. She is continuously praised for her grounded storytelling and is 'simply terrific.' (Opera Magazine) A favorite among some of the most gifted composers of our time, her musicianship and technique are infused equally with her dramatic skills. Baritone Jorell Williams is a 'passionate, powerful performer (Seattle Times), with a wide variety of experience from standard repertoire to premiere pieces. He made his New York City Opera debut, reprising the role of Hannah-Before in Laura Kaminsky’s As One. A former resident artist of the American Opera Projects Composers and the Voice series from 2011-2014, Jorell is a much-in-demand interpreter of contemporary opera, and has created roles in several world premieres, notably: Blue Viola, Crossing, The Theory of Everything, Bastianello, Two Boys, and Intimate Apparel with The Metropolitan Opera. Hailed by the New York Times as “prodigiously accomplished and exciting” and as one of the piano’s “brilliant stars,” pianist Blair McMillen has forged a busy musical life that is unbounded by convention. He is well-known for his advocacy of living composers and contemporary music. For more than two decades, McMillen has divided his time as soloist, chamber musician, music festival director, and educator/teacher. McMillen is the co-founder and co-director of the Rite of Summer Music Festival. Rite of Summer is a free, outdoor contemporary-music series, held on New York City’s Governors Island. Rite of Summer is the only annual music festival on Governors Island, a place The New Yorker has called “an enormous playground for the arts.” LIVE STREAM: Please use this link to send a tip to these talented artists and support Caffe Lena: (http•••) Become of member of Caffe Lena's Patreon community: (http•••) Caffè Lena offers extraordinary music in an intimate venue steeped in history. It has been in continuous operation longer than any other folk club in the USA. First opened in 1960 in Saratoga Springs NY, the Caffè's early years were entwined with the social movements of that era. Emerging artists such as Bob Dylan, The Freedom Singers, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris and Don McLean took their turn on the stage, alongside esteemed veterans such as Clarence Ashley, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James and Pete Seeger. The venue has been called “An American Treasure” by the Library of Congress, and has received recognition from the GRAMMY Foundation for its contribution to American music.
American Opera Projects American Modern Ensemble Robert Paterson Dean Williamson Williamson 2017
The mezzo-soprano who portrays dominatrix Mistress Salome in the opera THREE WAY, learns a cool spanking technique from real-life dominatrix Madame Rosebud at American Opera Projects' preview party for the opera's NYC premiere. THREE WAY - NYC PREMIERE June 15-17, 2017 | 7:30 PM June 18, 2017 | 2:00 PM BAM Fisher - Fishman Space 321 Ashland Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (http•••) Sex and the City meets Black Mirror: This new opera from American Opera Projects and Nashville Opera imagines the present and future of sex and love. Featuring music by Robert Paterson (The Whole Truth) and a libretto by David Cote (The Scarlet Ibis), Three Way unfolds in three playful one-acts, with average heroes exploring the worlds of android lovers, BDSM and multiple partners in their search for the ever-elusive emotional connections in today’s romantic world. This NYC premiere is directed by Nashville Opera’s John Hoomes, with music direction by Dean Williamson, who conducts the American Modern Ensemble.
Ilya Gringolts Barlow Ruth Anderson Peters Spektral Quartet American Opera Projects 2015 2016 2020
I&I Foundation 2020 commission Our commissions for the year 2020 takes us globally with composers hailing from all the world. Kicking off our commissioned works, which was filmed by our friends at Pilvax Films, here is American composer Sky Macklay's "Trrhythms", with Ilya Gringolts, our Founder and Co-Artistic Director as soloist in this virtuosic violin work. Here is what Sky has to say about her work: "Trrhythms = transformation + rhythms. “Tr” also brings to mind words such as trill, tremolo, traverse, and the trembling pattern of acoustic beating, which are all a part of the piece. Trrhythms is built of five sections. Each section uses a different short, rhythmic phrase over and over, while other musical elements such as pitches, dynamics, and timbres go through a transformational process. The transitions between each section foreshadow the next section’s rhythm. In my music in general and especially in this piece, I want to create materials that are memorable and striking, yet constantly evolving in ways that invite the listener to predict the materials’ trajectory." Get to know more about Sky as a composer by having a read of her biography: "Sky Macklay is a composer, oboist, and installation artist, and is Assistant Professor of Music at Valparaiso University in Northwest Indiana. Her music is conceptual yet expressive, exploring extreme contrasts, audible processes, humor, and the physicality of sound. Sky’s music has been commissioned by The Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, Chamber Music America, The Barlow Endowment, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Gaudeamus Muziekweek. In 2015 her sonic and kinetic installation of inflatable harmonica-playing robots, Harmonibots, received the Ruth Anderson Prize from The International Alliance for Women in Music. Her iconic string quartet Many Many Cadences is recorded on Spektral Quartet’s 2016 Grammy-nominated album Serious Business, and has since been performed internationally by many of the world’s top quartets. Sky was a Composers and the Voice Fellow with American Opera Projects where she began a collaboration with librettist Emily Roller. Together, they created Why We Bleed, an opera set in a uterus, and its sequel The Surrogate, an opera set in an OBGYN’s office. Sky’s music is published by C.F. Peters." To read Sky's complete biography, visit (http•••). / Visit our social media channels and stay connected with us???? Website: iandifoundation.org Instagram: @iandi.foundation Facebook: @iandifoundation
American Opera Projects Stark Devin Cholodenko 1938
"I first met Israeli-born composer Ronnie Reshef at a fellowship program via American Opera Projects in New York City, and after hearing the beauty and intensity of her music I had hoped there would be a possibility for us to collaborate together. Interested in our vastly different backgrounds and upbringing, we decided to create a work with an interfaith theme: more specifically, a monologue-like aria based on an event in Jewish history as observed by a non-Jew. Deciding to focus on Vienna during the Anschluss of 1938, we focused on the infamous Kristallnacht campaign of November 9 and 10 of that same year. The result of our collaboration is The Good Dr. Windhager, an eyewitness account by a non-Jewish man of the horrifying abduction of a trusted family confidant and friend, who also happens to be the family doctor. Ronnie’s masterful use of string quartet as an accompanying device demonstrates the contrast between the narrator’s cozy living room as juxtaposed with the damp and hellishly destructive streetscape below. The hearth-warming glow of the narrator’s home shifts abruptly to the stark, alien-like street persecution as depicted by music more rhythmic, sharp, eerie, and violent. At the end of the abduction, the narrator finds himself unable to process the topsy-turvy events of a new world, experiencing first-hand the destructive nature of hate in the midst of political upheaval." - Daniel Neer, librettist Tenor: Daniel Neer Violin I: Liz Derham Violin II: Maria Im Viola: Devin Cholodenko Cello: Timothy Leonard Video by Josh Vertolli From my parlor I hear the gnarled fist Descend on our cobblestone street. I rush to the window, peer down below, And watch the tinderbox explode, The syncopated boots swarm in; Ghoulish insects, each with Shiny beetled helmet skull Atop a thorax of black-woolen overcoat. Their conical shapes creating Fritz Lang-like shadows, Twenty feet tall, Slicing the street lamplight Into ribboned swaths of new laws: Absurd and unexplained. They come to a halt at the house Of our family doctor, Who birthed my children and Nursed my parents: A truly exceptional man. Now he appears at the front door Befuddled in nightshirt and slippers; His feeble legs struggle to find balance On a slippery carpet of shattered glass - The remains of his windows in crystal shards Of gold and black, once bearing his name. Gun point and jab, dogs snap and lurch. The sneer of a joke, an odious laugh. A punch to the ribs, a kick in the shin. A cigarette stuffed on his neck, A shriek of pain. Heart in my throat, I draw the shades, Return to my chair by the fire. Hold my mouth with trembling hand, Stare blurry-eyed into the flames. They’ve taken away my friend: The good Dr. Windhager. Presented by The Secret Opera www.thesecretopera.com
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