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VOX 2007: Showcasing American Composers
Produced by New York City Opera
Presented by the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University
May 12–13, 2007
FREE
Many opera composers only get to hear their works through their computer speakers. But since 1999, New York City Opera has offered American composers the opportunity to hear their compositions with a full orchestra and superb young singers. VOX is the only program of its kind in the country, and it has offered audiences the first chance to hear works by composers such as Mark Adamo, Charles Wuorinen, Richard Danielpour, and Michael John LaChiusa that have gone on to define contemporary American opera.
This May, the City Opera Orchestra will play excerpts from twelve innovative new works by both established and emerging composers, including a performance of John Zorn’s “La Machine de l’être”. VOX returns to New York University’s Skirball Center, an intimate new theater downtown devoted to developing young audiences for live performances.
Discussions with the composers, video introductions, and other exciting events will make up a festival that is free and open to the public.
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University
566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square Park South)
CLICK HERE FOR A MAP AND DIRECTIONS
Tickets are free but seating is first-come, first-served. There will be no late seating once a piece has begun.
Questions? Please write to vox@nycopera.com.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
MAY 12
12:00-1:30pm
Panel Discussion: Finding an Operatic Subject
The composers and librettists in this year’s festival discuss how and why they chose a story, topic, or idea for their work and how the material effected their approach to operatic writing.
Moderator: Yuval Sharon, VOX Project Director
2-3:10pm
Robert Aldridge, Elmer Gantry, libretto by Herschel Garfein
Sergio Cervetti, Elegy for a Prince, libretto by Elizabeth Esris
3:30-4:20
Brian Current, Airline Icarus, libretto by Anton Piatigorsky
Gordon Beeferman, The Rat Land, libretto by Charlotte Jackson
4:40-5:15
Jenny Olivia Johnson, the endings, libretto and video by the composer
John Zorn, La Machine de l’être
8:00-10:00pm
VOX On The Edge
Staged performances of four new works by Music-Theatre Group, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Center for Contemporary Opera, and American Opera Projects.
MAY 13
12:00-1:30pm
Panel Discussion: Cultural Diversity and Theatrical Music
Composers and librettists in this year’s festival discuss the appeal and the challenges of representing different cultures in music and drama.
Moderator: Cori Ellison, Dramaturg
2-3:10pm
Tom Schnauber, With Such Friends…, libretto by Jeff Duncan
Wang Jie, Nannan, libretto by the composer
3:30-4:15
Chris Lastovicka, Crossing the Horizon, libretto by E.M. Lauricella
Marc Lowenstein, The Fisher King, libretto by the composer
4:30-5:30pm
David Kirtley, In the Father’s Garden, libretto by Mark Kirtley
Don Davis, Rio de Sangre, libretto by Kate Gale, Spanish translation by Alicia Partnoy
Read descriptions of this year’s selections.
Learn more about the history of VOX.
Leadership support of VOX 2007 provided by: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Helen F. Whitaker Fund, The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust, The New York State Music Fund, Established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Major support provided by: The Amphion Foundation, The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, The New York Times Company Foundation, Inc., Music Performance and Film Funds, Trustee John C. Hall , Jr., Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd., and Frederick S. Upton Foundation.
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