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Excerpts from
Exagoge & The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
At Opera America
330 7th Ave 7th Floor
7:30 - 8:30pm
FREE/requested $10 donation. Livestream will also be available at the Opera America YouTube channel (also available for 48 hours following performance)
Excepts from two operas-in-progress:
Exagoge, composed by Avner Finberg. An adaptation of Ezekiel the Tragedien's 2nd Century CE text, the earliest known Jewish play. A Greek drama based on the Exodus, with a little paganism thrown in. Eventually to be presented inside a contemporary play, set at a Passover seder. The play will occur around a giant table. The opera will be on top of the table. Libretto/play by Edward Einhorn.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, composed by Nell Shaw Cohen. A family holiday opera with a libretto by Edward Einhorn adapted from the book by L. Frank Baum: a nontraditional Christmas fairy tale about young Claus set in the magical world of The Wizard of Oz.
Tengu Irfan, piano
Exagoge: Alexis Rodda (Soprano, Tzipporah); James Rogers (Tenor, Moses); Brian McQueen (Bass, Pharaoh)
Santa Claus: Victoria A. Davis (Soprano, Necile/Queen Awgwa); Rocky Duval (Mezzo, Jack Frost); India Guy (Soprano, Child); Yael Haskel (Soprano, Chorus); Hallie Walker (Mezzo, Chorus); Jill Melanie Wirth (Soprano, Chorus); Yichen Xue (Baritone, Santa Claus/Nome King)
Photo from 2017 concert with James Rogers and Adrienne Danrich
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Iphigenia in Aulis available now!
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Published by Image Comics, Available now!
High King Agamemnon faces the most crushing dilemma of his life. Kill his beloved eldest daughter? Or forfeit victory in the Trojan War? A father’s secret plot clashes with a girl’s romantic dreams in this chilling classic play from Ancient Greece.
The most powerful dramatic script by EURIPIDES springs to life anew in a fresh adaptation by writer EDWARD EINHORN (Paradox in Oz, Fractions in Disguise, The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein) and Eisner Award-winning AGE OF BRONZE artist ERIC SHANOWER (Oz graphic novels, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland).
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Cabaret in Captivity on demand
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Songs and sketches from the Terezin Camp, originally performed May 1 at Triad Theater in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Conceived by Edward Einhorn
Developed and Directed by
Edward Einhorn and Jenny Lee Mitchell
Pay what you can, requested donation $25.
Using songs and sketches from Lisa Peschel’s anthology, Performing Captivity, and other sources
This year's production was dedicated to the memory of cast member Barbara Maier Gustern.
With: Craig Anderson, Seth Gilman, Jenny Lee Mitchell, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, and Katarina Vizina
Musical direction and piano accompaniment: Maria Dessena, Violin: Johnna Wu
Amy Oestreicher, in her Broadway World review, said “Cabaret in Captivity is a call to action to use hope not as a means of passive daydreaming, but a powerful act of resistance. It has been said that humor equals truth plus distance. Perhaps humor was the most palatable, effective way of sharing the unbelievable creativity, will, and resistance that came from the 'Chosen' who 'had no choice.'
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Our online online programming continues, including:
Podcasts
The first modern dystopian novel, written as a socialist propaganda piece in 1908. Jack London envisions a world in which the oligarchs form a fascist regime in America, told from the perspective of two young socialist lovers. Antonia Meredith, a historian from a utopia in the far future, provides dubious historical context. A mixture of romance, rhetoric, and revolution, accompanied by the folk music of the IWW Songbook. Adapted as a three-part audio drama from our earlier stage adaptation.
The true story of a 1920's con man who made a fortune selling his impotence cure: surgically implanted goat testicles. He then became a radio star and a successful politician. A Brechtian parable about American Greatness, told with country music.
Skype on demand
This 25-minute one-on-one meta-memoir, examining memory, connection, and loss. Performance by Yvonne Roen
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