Sat, Jun 29
|Dot Theater
Five Ways to Die
Rose performs in the premiere of "Five Ways to Die:" a production by Experiments in Opera
Time & Location
Jun 29, 2024, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Dot Theater, 145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013, USA
About the Event
Five Ways to Die is a world premiere opera written and composed by artists in Experiments in Opera’s critically-acclaimed Writers’ Room, a regularly-occurring program for composers and librettists that Experiments in Opera began in 2019. The Writers’ Room challenges the precedent of single authorship and embraces a model where multiple composers and librettists create a large-scale work that embodies the spirit of an inclusive and collaborative community. Prior Writers’ Room works include Sisyphus (2017), Aqua Net & Funyuns (2020) and Everything For Dawn (2022). Five Ways will feature a chamber ensemble of five musicians, a cast of six singers and maximalist aesthetics to investigate poison, plague, and magical portals, and of course, death.
Water Prayer Libretto Marcella Murray Composition Seong Ae Kim
Valhalla Valley Mall Libretto & Composition Jason Cady
MISCHIEF (or RATHATTAN) Libretto Britt Hewitt Composition Jesse Gelaznik
Serials Killers and The City Libretto Joanie Brittingham Composition Del’Shawn Taylor
Cast: Alize Rozsnyai, soprano Rose Hegele, soprano Melisa Bonetti Luna, mezzo-soprano Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano Kannan Vasudevan, tenor Seth Gilman, baritone
Musicians: Clarinet/bass clarinet: Eileen Mack Electric guitar: James Moore Acoustic/Electric bass: Tristan Kastin-Krause Vibraphone/Percussion: Joe Bergen Drumset: Matt Evans
Production: Conductor: Dmitry Glivinskiy Stage Direction: Shannon Sindelar