FULL THE TREE (Peter Wing Healy) Los Angeles 2022 Camila Lima, Victoria Fox, Eric Castro, Andi Dana

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The Tree  
• Composer: Healy Peter Wing   
• Libretto: Peter Wing Healy    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: The Highland Park Ebell Club, Los Angeles, California, The Mesopotamian Opera Company  
• Recorded: May 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Camila Lima, Victoria Fox, Eric Castro, Andi Dana, Christa M. Stevens, Mariana Ramirez, Vincent McPherson, Bruce Anderson, Camille Cardinale, Natalia Ferreiro, Ben Fine. David Herrington
• Conductor: James Lent  
• Orchestra: James Lent, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Stage Designer: Kirsten Taylor, Claire Fraser  
• Costume Designer: Anita Rinaldi-Harnden, Karolyn Kiisel  

Information about the Recording

• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs, yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

The spirit of a centuries-old oak tree on a ridge outside a small town falls in love with a poetic young man from the town. She comes out of her tree and marries him when his first marriage falls apart. They move to the big city where he will pursue his dream of building new cities. His ex-wife, taking custody of their son, marries again, this time to a local developer. When, years later, the developer decides to build a mega-mall outside the now growing town it becomes clear that he plans to cut down the old tree. The town is polarized and the son joins with a band of tree-sitters to protest the construction. The architect and the tree spirit watch helplessly as the situation deteriorates. When the tree is finally felled she dies but in the process he receives the gift of a vision that will enable him to transform the world.

Peter Wing Healey: founder of The Mesopotamian Opera Company, Inc., has presented his original operas in New York City and in Los Angeles where he now lives and works. Mr. Healey’s lauded productions have received support from American Opera Projects, The Gilman Foundation, The Noah Wyle Foundation, The Center for the Arts, The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and The James Irvine Foundation. Mr. Healey’s 40-year+ career includes a long and illustrious association with The Mark Morris Dance Group both as a performer, rehearsal director and he appeared in the PBS Great Performances production of Mr. Morris’ innovative version of The Nutcracker, The Hard Nut. In addition, Mr. Healey worked on The White Oak Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov and has been balletmaster on the John Adams/Peter Sellars opera Nixon in China from its inception at the Houston Grand Opera, through productions at The Los Angeles Opera, The Frankfurt Opera, The Dutch National Opera, the English National Opera and The Metropolitan Opera.

 

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