FULL THE STONEWALL OPERAS (various composers) New York 2019 Four short operas

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The Stonewall Operas  
• Composer: various, see below  
• Libretto: various, see below    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: The Stonewall Inn, New York City  
• Recorded: 2019
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: various, see below
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: OPERA America  
• Date Published: 2019  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Four 30-minute operas that premiered in March at NYU and The Stonewall Inn on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
  Originally recorded on September 12, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at OPERA America’s National Opera Center in New York City.
  Presented by The American Opera Project and the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

  OUTSIDE
  Bryan Blaskie, composer
  Seth Christenfeld, librettist
  Kelly Horsted, music director
  Joan: Sara Couden
  Kenny: Jordan Rutter
  Davey: Matthew Gamble
  Mark: Christopher Carbin
  In the early hours of June 28, 1969, in another bar somewhere else in the Village, a young man struggles with a pair of intertwined decisions: how to live as his authentic self and whether or not to go outside and join a revolution that has been drawing ever closer.

  THE COMMUNITY
  Kevin Cummines, composer
  Shoshana Greenberg, librettist
  Jillian Zack, music director
  Jade: Amy Justman
  The High Priestess: Kathryn Krasovec
  Rubes: Jordan Rutter
  Thyst: Clayton Graves Williams
  It’s 400 years in the future, and humanity has rebuilt itself after an apocalyptic event that sent the survivors into another dark age. The only artifact they have from the previous civilization is a book on the history of the Stonewall Uprising. This madcap dystopian comedy asks, “What happens when a society is built on the story of Stonewall,
  and what happens when someone wants to deviate from the norms?”

  NIGHTLIFE
  Tyler J. Rubin, composer
  Deepali Gupta, librettist
  Jillian Zack, music director
  Chick: Sara Couden
  Punk: Errin Duane Brooks
  Hep Cat: Clayton Graves Williams
  Daddy-O: Matthew Gamble
  On June 28, 1969, a jazz quartet finishes a gig at the Village Vanguard and embarks on an odyssey around the corner to arrive at the Stonewall Inn. In a sonic landscape awash with Lynchian blue notes and surreal motives, four musicians strive for self-acceptance among the dissonance.

  THE POMADA INN
  Brian Cavanagh-Strong, composer
  Ben Bonnema, librettist
  Kelly Horsted, music director
  Holly: Amy Justman
  Tara: Kathryn Krasovec
  Alek: Errin Duane Brooks
  Igor: Christopher Carbin
  In Kiev, Igor wants to go to the bathhouse, but Alek fears a police raid; in New York, Holly and Tara don’t have to worry about such things. The Pomada Inn throws these modern-day couples together across time and space to explore the global legacy of Stonewall and the work that still needs to be done.

   

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