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PARABLES – An Interfaith Oratorio (Aldridge) Minneapolis 2011 Philip Zawisza, Adriana Zabala, Monica Yunus, Joseph Okell
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Parables - An Interfaith Oratorio
- Composer: Aldridge, Robert Livingston
- Libretto: Garfein, Herschel
- Venue & Opera Company: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Recorded: 2011
- Type: Concert Semi-staged
- Singers: Philip Zawisza, Adriana Zabala, Monica Yunus, Joseph Okell
- Conductor: Kathy Saltzman Romey
- Orchestra: University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: University of Minnesota Choruses, University Singers
- Choreographer: Angharad Davies
- Stage Director: David Walsh
- Stage Designer: Chris Johnson
- Costume Designer: Julie Rithaler
- Lighting Designer: Marcus Dilliard
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Twin Cities Public Television, Naxos
- Date Published: 2014
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein are internationally renowned for their Grammy award-winning opera Elmer Gantry (2007). Their follow-up collaboration, Parables (2010) is a cantata for soloists, a 200-voice choir and 80-piece orchestra. The attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001 haunts its writing but the use of passages from the Torah, New Testament and Koran seeks to bind the major faiths’ commonality, hopeful of healing and reconciliation. In this staged performance young dancers, costumes, and projection emphasize the music’s powerfully theatrical impact.
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