FULL Undiscovered Country – 3 short operas New York 2021

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Undiscovered Country - 3 short operas: Shadow on the Wall, The Dragon Transfer, Eternal Rest  
• Composer: ZONIA TSANG, GAVIN KNITTLE, WILLEM OOSTHUYSEN,   
• Libretto: ALEX HIGGIN-HOUSER, BRIANA HARRIS, TRISTEN MOSELEY  
• Venue & Opera Company: Filmed on location in South Oxford Space, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York  
• Recorded: 2021
• Type: Movie
• Singers: Melissa Harvey, Nicole Mitchell, Timothy Stoddard, Gideon Dabi, Kathryn Krasovec, Paul An, Timothy Stoddard
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: I-Chen Wang  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: American Opera Project  
• Date Published: 2021  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  SHADOW ON THE WALL

  MUSIC BY ZONIA TSANG
  LIBRETTO BY ALEX HIGGIN-HOUSER
  DESIGN BY NEW PHASE COLLECTIVE

  Boy— Melissa Harvey
  Sister— Nicole Mitchell
  Brother— Timothy Stoddard
  Jinn— Gideon Dabi

  In this shadow puppet opera, a Blackwater mercenary returns to Sparta, TN to live with his sister, having received a presidential pardon for the murders he committed in Iraq. When he moves in, his sister’s loyalty is tested when a shadowy presence demands justice.

  THE DRAGON TRANSFER

  MUSIC BY GAVIN KNITTLE
  LIBRETTO BY BRIANA HARRIS
  DESIGN BY LAUREN CARMEN, NINA PAN, AND CHRISTOPHER WONG

  Svetlana— Kathryn Krasovec
  Celeste— Nicole Mitchell
  Uri— Gideon Dabi
  Jin— Paul An

  The Dragon Transfer chronicles the experiences of four astronauts on the International Space Station during the Covid-19 pandemic. A newly arrived American astronaut sends a device to her college age daughter in quarantine, while an escaped spider aboard the ISS causes mayhem among the crew.

  ETERNAL REST

  MUSIC BY WILLEM OOSTHUYSEN
  LIBRETTO BY TRISTEN MOSELEY
  DESIGN BY KAREN BOYER AND ANT MA
  DIRECTION BY I-CHEN WANG

  Mortem— Melissa Harvey
  Vainglory— Kathryn Krasovec
  Fortuno— Timothy Stoddard
  Fauvel— Paul An

  Drawing on text and music from the Middle Ages, this show sees a horse-headed priest lead a Catholic Requiem, while those in the pews must reconcile a world situated between continual crisis and the cusp of renaissance.

  Artists include:
  Melissa Harvey / soprano
  Kathryn Krasovec / mezzo-soprano
  Nicole Mitchell / contralto
  Gideon Dabi / baritone
  Timothy Stoddard / tenor
  Paul An / bass
  Miriam Charney / music direction & piano

  Designers include:
  Ant Ma
  Karen Boyer
  Lauren Carmen
  New Phase Collective
  Nina Pan
  Christopher Wong

  Composers include:
  Gavin Knittle
  Willem Oosthuysen
  Zonia Tsang

  Librettists include:
  Briana Harris
  Alex Higgin-Houser
  Tristen Moseley

  Direction by I-Chen Wang
  Audio engineering by Enzo Veiga
  Filmed on location in South Oxford Space, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

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