pocket operas
ON THE ORIGIN (2011) - 25 min.
for two coloratura sopranos, baritone, & piano.
[RANGE: Etty -C#4-C#6, Emma B3-A#5, Charles C#3-G4]
Text: Rochelle Bright
Commissioned and premiered by American Lyric Theater, Opera in Eden, Symphony Space, June 2011. [video]
Letter to My Sons, Upon the Death of My Father (2021)
-14 min Monodrama/Film Opera [RANGE: G3 - B5]
for mezzo-soprano, harp & cello quintet (vn1/vn2/va/vc1/vc2)
Text: Jacqueline Goldfinger
Commissioned & premiered by Resonance Works
Online Premiere, 2021
VOICE FOR A FUTURE NIGHTINGALE (2008) - 7 min.
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, & piano.
[RANGE: Sop. Db4 – F5; Mezzo: A3 – A5; Ten.: Db3 – G4]
Text: Ken Gass
Commissioned/premiered by Tapestry New Opera, 2008
New York Premiere by Underworld Productions, 3.31.2012.
CHICKEN OR BEEF? (2008) - 5 min.
for tenor, baritone, & piano.
[RANGE: Tenor G2 – A4 Baritone Ab2 – E4]
Text: David Brock
Premiered by Tapestry New Opera, Opera Briefs 2008.
decoherence (2008) - 5 min.
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, & piano
[RANGE: Sop. Eb4 - G5 Mezzo-Sop. Bb3 - E5]
Text: Andrew Moodie
Commissioned & premiered by Tapestry New Opera, 2008.
Photo: Steven Laxton.
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