MODERN OPERA PASS: IPSA DIXIT & SAVAGE WINTER

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Description

September 4  at 8pm - Ipsa Dixit, Kate Soper’s theatrical chamber opera for soprano, flute, violin, and percussion, a 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist, blends elements of monodrama, Greek theater, and screwball comedy to skewer the treachery of language and the questionable authenticity of artistic expression. Zachary Woolfe, writing in the New York Times, describes the opera as a “brainily winsome work,” and adds, “While ‘Ipsa Dixit’ is precisely crafted, it wittily and poignantly evokes the process of creation.” 

 

September 9 at 7pm - Savage Winter, Douglas Cuomo’s semi-staged concert version of the chamber opera Savage Winter, a fierce, contemporary reimagining of Wilhelm Müller’s poetry cycle Winterreise, premiered at the Pittsburgh Opera in 2018 and enjoyed a sold-out run at BAM. The concert version was first performed in Houston by Aperio Music of the Americas. Scored for tenor, keyboards, trumpet, guitar, and electronics, with projected images from the original production that add depth and dynamism, the music—brimming with raw energy and emotion—encompasses 21st-century art song, acid jazz, and punk.

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A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region.  Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

 

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