FULL The Way the Sky Looks (Matthew Shreve) New York City 2025 Jin Alonzo, Mary Rose Go

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The Way the Sky Looks   
• Composer: Shreve Matthew   
• Libretto: Hannah Nikka Odsinada  
• Venue & Opera Company: Paulson Center, New York University  
• Recorded: April 18th, 2025
• Type: Concert Semi-staged
• Singers: Jin Alonzo, Mary Rose Go
• Conductor: Miranda Scripp  
• Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Matthew Shreve, Composer  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, othersubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Legazpi, Philippines: an empty house in the country. The dark before sunrise. A woman on a lawn chair, dressed in black. A bouquet of roses. From the brush, a deer approaches. A short chamber opera exploring loss, perspective, and countless lives lived beneath a single sky.

  Location
  The front yard of a large house on the rural edge of Legazpi, a city in Albay, Philippines.

  Time
  In recent memory / long enough ago to be a dream / recent enough to sting

  Content Note
  This piece engages with familial trauma in the aftermath of a death in the family. With that in mind, the intended focus is meant to be on the healing that follows.

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