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2019-11-12 09:19:24
From Eugene O'Neill play to American folk opera: I chat to composer Edward Thomas about his opera 'Anna Christie'
Edward Thomas The American composer Edward Thomas has worked in a wide variety of genres, jazz, theatre, commercial, concert music and opera. He studied originally with the Hungarian-American composer Tibor Serly, and has had a career as a guitarist, songwriter and composer. His opera Anna Christie, based on the Eugene O'Neill play, was premiered in October 2018 by Encompass New Opera Theatre at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York and is now available on disc. Anna Christie is Edward's third opera, and his second based on a Eugene O'Neill play (he has also made an opera of Desire under the Elms). Both operas have librettos by Joe Masteroff (who unfortunately died a week before the premiere of Anna Christie). Masteroff is perhaps best known for writing the book to the musical Cabaret. Masteroff and Thomas's collaborations go back some considerable time. It was Edward who had the idea […]
2018-09-24 00:00:00
Encompass New Opera Theatre presents the first performances of Edward Thomas' opera Anna Christie in New York, USA
2018-09-22 05:36:00
Classical Music News of the Week, September 22, 2018
[…] lighting to seating configuration, is specially curated to foster as direct an experience of the musical work as possible, including readings by Broadway actor and director Michael Dean Morgan and concert design by Michael Dean Morgan and Wesley Cornwell. Tickets for both performances are already sold out. Any returned tickets will be released for purchase an hour prior to each performance at Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. For more information, visit princetonuniversityconcerts.org --Dasha Koltunyuk, Princeton University ConcertsEncompass New Opera Theatre Presents World Premiere of Anna Christie Encompass New Opera Theatre will present the World Premiere of Anna Christie with music by Edward Thomas, set to a libretto by Joseph Masteroff, with 12 performances beginning on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 8pm and running through Sunday, October 21, 2018, at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (at 55 Lexington Avenue, entrance on 25th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues) in Manhattan. Nancy Rhodes […]
2018-05-20 16:44:00
[…] HERE to buy tickets New York City Opera Festival I managed to MISS posting about the first half of this exciting festival of works old and new, but here's what they have coming up in the next several weeks, with links: May 25: Center for Contemporary Opera presents Backwards from WinterSymphony Space, 2537 Broadway, Upper Level, New York, NY 10025May 27: SIGN & SING and American Opera Projects premiere five short operas based on The Dinner Party Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238May TBD: Encompass New Opera Theatre presents Paradigm Shifts Music and Film FestivalLocation TBAJune TBA: the little OPERA theatre of ny presents the New York Premiere of This Little Light of Mine: the stories of Marian Anderson and Leontyne PriceLocation TBA June 1: Christman Opera Company presents a double bill of Adriana McMannes with the World Premiere of A MetamorphosisNational Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001 June 1: Opera on Tap presents New Brew Series: OOTmealBarbès, 376 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 June 2: New Amsterdam Opera presents La FavoritaThe Center at West Park, 165 West […]
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