FULL WRITTEN IN STONE (Kamala Sankaram, Huang Ruo) Works & Process Documentary Washington DC 2022 Vanessa Becerra, Robert McNamara, Daryl Freedman, Karen Vuong

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Written in Stone  
• Composer: Kamala Sankaram, Huang Ruo  
• Libretto: A.M. Homes, David Henry Hwang  
• Venue & Opera Company: Guggenheim, New York City, Washington National Opera  
• Recorded: February 6, 2022
• Type: Other
• Singers: Vanessa Becerra, Robert McNamara, Daryl Freedman, Karen Vuong
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Robert Ainsley, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Works & Process  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Inspired by iconic monuments in Washington, D.C., and the ideals embodied by President Kennedy, “Written in Stone” is a series of intimate short works interwoven into a single evening celebrating the Kennedy Center’s fiftieth anniversary. For one night only at Works & Process at the Guggenheim, prior to the March world premiere, select creators of “Written in Stone,” including Huang Ruo, David Henry Hwang, Kamala Sankaram, and A.M. Homes discussed their creative process with Artistic Director Francesca Zambello. Cast member also performed highlights illuminating the intimate stories that celebrate diversity and acknowledging the struggles of today’s America.

  Fully realized, the production featuring creative teams Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran, Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang, Kamala Sankaram and A.M. Homes, and Carlos Simon and Marc Bamuthi Joseph considers: What stories do our monuments tell? What legacies do they embody? What memories do they cement?

  PANEL (in alphabetical order)
  A.M. Homes, librettist, Rise
  David Henry Hwang, librettist, “The Rift”
  Timothy O’Leary, General Director, Washington National Opera
  Huang Ruo, composer, “The Rift”
  Kamala Sankaram, composer, “Rise”
  Francesca Zambello, moderator, Artistic Director, Washington National Opera

  PROGRAM
  Performance excerpts interspersed with discussion

  Excerpt from “Rise”
  Kamala Sankaram, composer
  A.M. Homes, librettist

  Opening
  Vanessa Becerra, soprano
  Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano

  Bringing to life the often-forgotten 1921 Portrait Monument featuring Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, and one face left uncarved, Sankaram and Homes give a voice to those whose stories have been left out of history.

  Excerpts from “The Rift”
  Huang Ruo, composer
  David Henry Hwang, librettist

  “The Rift,” Scene 2, McNamara’s aria
  Hunter Enoch, baritone

  “The Rift,” Scene 3, Maya Lin’s aria, “Chinese as apple pie”
  Karen Vuong, soprano

  The controversial origin of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is at the heart of this story featuring interconnected yet conflicting characters: Maya Lin, the Chinese American student architect of the memorial’s design; a Vietnam War veteran; a Vietnamese refugee; and a government official.
  Wichtige

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