Live video 4:30PM ET selections from the OPERA America Songbook in celebration of the opening of the National Opera Center in September 2012.

Sep 28, 2012 by admin

Live video approx. 4:30PM ET selections from the OPERA America Songbook in celebration of the opening of the National Opera Center in September 2012.

This event is part of Opening Week of the new National Opera Center in NYC. See the ribbon cutting ceremony here.

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5:00PM performance
1. A Home at Last for OPERA America

Robert Ward, Composer

Susan Chapek, Text

Jeffrey R. Gwaltney, Tenor

Djordje Nesic, Piano

2. La Tour

Howard Shore, Composer

Elizabeth Cotnoir, Text

Jennifer Aylmer, Soprano

Timothy Long, Piano

3. Down to the Twigs & Seeds

Jack Perla, Composer

James Fenton, Text

Sara Jakubiak, Soprano

David Holkeboer, Piano

5:30pm performance

1. Our House

Stewart Wallace, Music and Text

Leah Edwards, Soprano

David Holkeboer, Piano

2. Our Haven

Gene Murray, Composer

Dana Purcell Morris, Text

Leah Edwards, Soprano

David Holkeboer, Piano

6:00pm performance

1. Amina in White Flowing Robes

Bob Telson, Composer

Richard Shindell, Text

John Margolis, Baritone

Bob Telson, Piano

2. Second Breath

Huang Ruo, Music and Text

Fang-Tao Jiang, Soprano

Huang Ruo, Piano

3. Sound, Breaking Away

Anthony Davis, Composer

Quincy Troupe, Text

Darren K. Stokes, Bass-baritone

David Holkeboer, Piano

ABOUT THE SONGBOOK
Believing that the creation of art should mark every special occasion, OPERA America commissioned the OPERA America Songbook in celebration of the opening of the National Opera Center in September 2012. Composers with strong ties to the organization were invited to write a song for voice and piano on the theme of opening a new home, the joy of singing or the excitement of new beginnings. This collection of songs represents the distinctive voices of some of today’s most important established and emerging opera composers.

Produced by OPERA America, the Songbook was recorded, edited and mastered at Gurari Studios in New York City in the summer of 2012.

More information and a complete track listing is available here