SIX. TWENTY. OUTRAGEOUS.
Monday, September 18 | 6:00 PM
The Great Room - South Oxford Space
138 South Oxford St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
DIRECTIONS
AOP FIRST CHANCE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
SIX. TWENTY. OUTRAGEOUS.
THREE GERTRUDE STEIN PLAYS IN THE SHAPE OF AN OPERA
Join AOP for a music reading of the new opera SIX. TWENTY. OUTRAGEOUS. When an oddball couple, their sassy housekeeper, a sewing machine, and a deranged radio all start singing, Stein’s playful language is transformed into the ecstatic and uncannily beautiful new opera from composer Daniel Thomas Davis, librettist Adam Frank, and director- designer Doug Fitch. From a shopping expedition that turns into an erotic adventure to a presidential election party that goes prophetically and horribly wrong, Stein’s genius for upending convention is made startlingly relevant to our own cultural and political moment.
Featuring:
Ariadne Greif, soprano
Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, mezzo
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
with the Momenta String Quartet and pianist Joel Harder
Musical Director: David Bloom
Run time: 90 minutes, plus discussion and reception
The World Premiere of Six. Twenty. Outrageous. will be presented Feb 2019 by Symphony Space as part of their Fuse Project for new works, in partnership with American Opera Projects and presented with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.