FULL OF WINK & TRANCE: A DREAM PASTICHE Cambridge MA 2021 Harvard College Opera
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: OF WINK & TRANCE
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Harvard College Opera Society
- Recorded: March 2021
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Catlin Beirne, Andrew Lu, Elaine Kim, Mai Nguyen, Natalie Choo, Katherine Courtemanche, Alina Dong, Nivi Ravi, Isabella Meyer, Madi Fabber, Lylena Estabine, Alexander Chen, Carl Ho, Olympia Hatzilambrou, Jasper Schoff
- Conductor: Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, Ian Chan
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Elaine Kim, Chloe E.W. Levine
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Harvard College Opera Society
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Harvard College Opera presents a virtual, original, and highly interdisciplinary pastiche for its 2021 mainstage production, drawing from artistic collaborations between singers, instrumentalists, writers, composers, singer-songwriters, actors, visual artists, filmmakers, poets, dancers, and choreographers. Inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this production follows the dreamy journey of the actor Robin, after a daunting audition for the role of Midsummer’s personality Puck. A series of unique and eclectic vignettes, each exploring a different stage of sleep, creates an enchanting adventure through the journey of an artist.
VIGNETTES (Complete Credits and Information at 59:12)
Opening: 0:00
Insomnia/Falling Asleep: 5:05
Transition: Wink (Mendelssohn): 11:35
Lullaby: 15:59
Lucid Dream: 24:17
Sleep Paralysis I: 32:42
Sleep Paralysis II (Electroacoustic Improvisational Scene — Kleist): 37:54
Transition: Trance (Wenzelberg): 43:29
Nightmare: 46:31
Turning Towards the Morning: 55:13
Closing: 58:13