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May 13, in New York – A journey of the imagination!
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CUTTING EDGE CONCERTS New Music Festival
Victoria Bond, Artistic Director
Puppet operetta?How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct by Victoria Bond
On the program Kings, Giants & Robots: Vocal Music by Victoria Bond, Robert Paterson, and Herschel Garfein
May 13 at 8 pm at the Sheen Center
"...a gift to New Yorkers thirsty for new sounds" - Time Out New York
On May 13, Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival and Mostly Modern Projects co-present staged scenes from Victoria Bond's puppet operetta How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct. The production features puppets created by Doug Fitch, the renowned visual artist, designer and director, and libretto by Stephen Greco, prize-winning screen-writer and novelist, complementing the music by Victoria Bond. Fitch also directs the production.
The work is a journey of the imagination based on the classic 17th?century satirical novel by Jonathan Swift,?Gulliver’s Travels. Told through music and animated objects, the story follows the title character as he travels to a series of strange lands.
Ms. Bond said, "Doug Fitch’s puppet creations and stage direction brings the first scene of our puppet operetta to life. I am thrilled that both he and librettist Stephen Greco are part of the creative team.”
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival?(Victoria Bond, founder and artistic director) partners with Mostly Modern Projects for this presentation.?The performance features soprano Ariadne Greif, tenor Glenn Seven Allen, and baritone Jonathan Green as soloists with the American Modern Ensemble conducted by Victoria Bond. Also on the program are Herschel Garfein's King of the River and Robert Paterson's?The Companion.
The performance takes place at the?Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker St, New York, NY) on May 13, 2022 at 8:00 pm. Tickets available?here.
The next Cutting Edge Concerts performance is June 12, a co-presentation with Kyo-Shin-An Arts at Tenri Center in New York. Details at CuttingEdgeConcerts.org
CALENDAR LISTING
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival?(Victoria Bond, founder and artistic director) and Mostly Modern Projects present
Kings, Giants & Robots
May 13, 2022, 8:00 pm
Sheen Center
18 Bleecker St
New York, NY 10012
Tickets and details
PROGRAM
VICTORIA BOND—How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct (puppet operetta)
HERSCHEL GARFEIN—King of the River, text by STANLEY KUNITZ
ROBERT PATERSON—The Companion (one-act opera from Three Way),
libretto by DAVID COTE
with American Modern Ensemble
Geoffrey Andrew McDonald (Garfein and Paterson) & Victoria Bond (Bond), Conductors
Doug Fitch (Bond) & John de los Santos (Paterson), Directors
CAST
Ariadne Greif, Soprano
Glen Seven Allen, Tenor
Phillip Bullock, Baritone
Keith Phares, Baritone
Jonathan Green, Baritone
Presented by Mostly Modern Projects & Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
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