the echoing of tenses (Cheung) New York 2023 Paul Appleby

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: the echoing of tenses  
• Composer: Cheung Anthony   
• Libretto: Victoria Chang, Arthur Sze, Jenny Xie, Monica Youn, Ocean Vuong, Cathy Park Hong, Li-Young Lee  
• Venue & Opera Company: The 92nd Street Y, New York City  
• Recorded: May 18, 2023
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Paul Appleby
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Anthony Cheung, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: American Modern Opera Company  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  What is memory but “another truth in a vast network of truths” (Arthur Sze)?

  In the kind of event you’ll only find at 92NY, Tisch Music and the Unterberg Poetry Center present a bold new work from acclaimed experimental ensemble AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company) blending music, poetry, natural sounds, imagery, and more. the echoing of tenses, presented here in its New York premiere following a 2022 performance at the Ojai Festival, explores themes of shared memory, the Asian-American immigrant experience, the universal immigrant experience, and familial relationships, in an evocative and wholly original interdisciplinary work.

  At its center are poems by seven of today’s most compelling Asian-American poets: Victoria Chang, Arthur Sze, Jenny Xie, Monica Youn, Ocean Vuong, Cathy Park Hong, and Li-Young Lee, four of whom read their poems in the performance. The work is composed by Anthony Cheung, and features violinist Miranda Cuckson; additional poems are set to music and sung by tenor Paul Appleby.

  A relevant and timely work that is both dreamlike and provocative, the echoing of senses is a production not to be missed.

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