A JARFUL OF BEES (Prestini) Philadelphia PA 2022 Eve Gigliotti
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: A Jarful of Bees
- Composer: Prestini Paola
- Libretto: Royce Vavrek
- Venue & Opera Company: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Recorded: 2022
- Type: Movie
- Singers: Eve Gigliotti
- Conductor:
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Natalie Frank, Erin Pollock
- Stage Designer: Natalie Frank
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: operaphila.tv
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: operaphila.tv FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Streaming November 18, 2022
Jarful of Bees is a multimedia, immersive short film by critically acclaimed painter Natalie Frank and internationally renowned artist/animator Erin Pollock, set to a new piece of music by award-winning composer Paola Prestini, text by Pulitzer-winning librettist Royce Vavrek, and sung by Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti.
Jarful of Bees is a collaboration between these five artists that explores the transformation of memory and the mutability of the familial relationship between a daughter and her father. The film weaves together Frank’s painting and Pollock’s claymation into a dreamlike visual landscape that elucidates the boundary-pushing vocal and electronic score by Prestini and the ethereal voice of Gigliotti, who, alongside Prestini, developed the concept for the work. Jarful of Bees was commissioned by Jill Steinberg and WNET’s ALL ARTS.