fri 6 nov 2020 04:00 hour
Composers: Bright Sheng | Charlie Parker | Daniel Schnyder | Elena Langer | Emily Hall | Gerald Barry | Jake Heggie | Lori Laitman | Louis Karchin
The history of twentieth and twenty-first century opera. 2016A.
2016: Today, three iconic American composers pass in review: Jake Heggie, Louis Karchin and Lori Laitman. Economic supremacy also pervades culture. Successfully so.
In this episode, fragments from:
- Jake Heggie- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Louis Karchin ( picture )- Jane Eyre
- Lori Laitman- The Scarlet Letter
More opera and operetta productions from 2016:
Gerald Barry- Alice’s Adventure Under ground
Du Yun- Angel’s Bone
Missy Mazzoli- Breaking the Waves
Daniel Schnyder- Charlie Parker’s Yardbird
Bright Sheng- Dream of the Red Chamber
Thomas Ades- The Exterminating Angel
Gregory Spears- Fellow travelers
Elena Langer- Figaro gets a Divorce
Tarik O’Regan- Mata Hari
Emily Hall- Found and Lost
David T. Little- JFK
Sherry Woods- Mara: A Chamber Opera on Good and Evil
