Name: Knot an Opera!
Start: 2018-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Baruch Performing Arts Center

Organization

Stage director

Michael Humann

Conductor

Whitney George

Lighting designer

Jenn Burnhardt

Set designer

Michael Minahan

Singer

Joanie Brittingham

Soprano

Francesca Federico

Andy Dwan

Baritone

Cara Search

Mezzo Soprano

Fresh Squeezed Opera

Knot an Opera!

New York City

United States

Baruch Performing Arts Center

Knot an Opera! Basica

Public

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Costume designer

Choreographer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Countertenor

Tenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

produced by Fresh Squeezed Opera on 6/28/2018

Constantin Basica, composer
Joanie Brittingham, soprano
Francesca Federico, lyric soprano
Sarah Dutcher, piano
Cara Search, mezzo soprano
Andy Dwan, baritone

Whitney George, conductor
Michael Hofmann, director

NYC PREMIERE. OPERA? OPERA WHAT? WHAT IS THIS? IS THIS OPERA? — [*This opera*] This work [*knots*] binds operatic practices with elements from old and new media (e.g., TV, YouTube) into a chain of [*preposterous*] ludicrous [*events*] episodes. Disparate pieces [*with*] of text—original or [*appropriated*] quoted—generate [*symbols*] characters and situations on the border between the mundane and the absurd. #PostOpera #KnowYourMeme #FunnyCats

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"Knot an Opera! aspires to live—similarly to many of my recent works—on the edge between solemn and mocking, ambitious and trivial, (melo)dramatic and comic, traditional and experimental. It has many facets and aims to both surprise and confuse the audience. Above all, my intent was to simultaneously honor the genre of opera and to play with aspects of it that I find problematic. I did not compose this piece specifically for operagoers, but rather for anyone willing to either step into or outside the world of opera. Special thanks to Teodor Basica and Simona Fitcal for all their support in the making of this work." - Constantin Basica

English

Knot an Opera! by Basica, Thu 28 Jun 2018, From (2018/2018), Directed by Michael Humann,, Conductor Whitney George, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York City, United States

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

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Programme, About & Synopsis

Videos

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Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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