Name: Sophia’s Forest
Start: 2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grace Cathedral

Organization

Maestro

Nicole Paiement

Diretor de Palco

Brian Staufenbiel

Cantor

Soprano

Maggie Finnegan

Sophia

Mezzo-soprano

Kindra Scharich

Anna

Barítono

Bradley Kynard

Victoria Ko

Emma

Samantha Fung-Lee

Opera Parallèle

Sophia’s Forest

São Francisco

Estados Unidos

Grace Cathedral

Sophia’s Forest Beecher

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentista

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Ator

Broadcasting

Cenógrafo

Chorus Director

Compositor

Coral

Coreógrafo

Dançarino

Designer de Iluminação

Designer de Som

Designer de Vídeo

Dramaturgo

Estilista

Estilista de cabelo

Extra

Illustrator

Libretista

Maquiador

Mestre de Coro

Orchestra Operations

Orquestra

Other

Photographer

Poet

Produtor executivo

Repetidor

Stage Manager

Teacher

Tradutor

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baixo

Baixo-barítono

Tenor

Contratenor

Contralto

Alto

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Vocalista Infantil

I.  Dream Nr. 1
II. Dream Nr. 2 (5:43)

Written for string quartet, custom music box, and electronically-controlled sound sculptures, “Sophia’s Wide Awake Dreams” (2017) was adapted from Lembit Beecher’s opera “Sophia’s Forest.” These two movements suggest the inner imaginative world of the protagonist, a 9-year old recent immigrant to the United States named Sophia. In the opera, Sophia confides in a music box that gradually comes alive in her mind, a mechanical creature both comforting and dangerous, who shields her from the outside world.

The sound sculptures used in the recording were built in collaboration with the ExCITe Center at Drexel University. The music box is a vintage Thorens music box modified by Jonathan Herz of the Herz Music Box Company to play a melody Lembit composed.

Recorded and produced by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio. Video by Four/Ten Media. From the Aizuri Quartet’s GRAMMY-nominated debut album Blueprinting (New Amsterdam Records, 2018).

Sophia’s Forest explores the lasting effects of the immigrant experience on families and the ways children use their imaginations to cope with trauma and find healing. The innovative opera tells the story of a nine-year-old recent immigrant to the US who, through a traumatic journey, escaped the chaos of a civil war in her homeland.
Nine electronically-controlled sound sculptures, designed and operated by composer Lembit Beecher, placed across the stage are a direct outgrowth of Sophia’s memories: bike wheels recall Sophia’s youthful adventures with her sister Emma, and wine glasses become a central part of her mother Anna’s coping once the family moves to America.

English

Sophia’s Forest by Beecher, De (2022/2022), Dirigido por Brian Staufenbiel,, Regente Nicole Paiement, Grace Cathedral, São Francisco, Estados Unidos

Créditos do espetáculo (Elenco & Equipe )

Elenco

Programa, Sobre & Sinopse

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