CCHL will be ending our school year with a little culture! We are heading to the big city to experience:
A NEW AMERICAN OPERA
WORLD PREMIERE
Music & libretto by Matthew Aucoin
Directed by Diane Paulus
With the chamber orchestra A Far Cry
Inspired by the diary Walt Whitman kept as a nurse during the Civil War, this world premiere opera by the extraordinary young composer Matthew Aucoin explores how the individual experiences of soldiers are remembered and told. As Whitman listens to wounded veterans share their memories and messages, he forges a bond with a soldier who forces him to examine his own role as writer and poet. This new opera, featuring the Boston-based orchestra A Far Cry, an ensemble at the forefront of a dynamic new generation in classical music is produced in association with Music Theatre Group. (write up taken from A.R.T. webpage)
Links about the conductor and the opera:
Matthew Aucoin Biography
Crossings
Globe story on Matt
Interview with Matt
A NEW AMERICAN OPERA
WORLD PREMIERE
Music & libretto by Matthew Aucoin
Directed by Diane Paulus
With the chamber orchestra A Far Cry
Inspired by the diary Walt Whitman kept as a nurse during the Civil War, this world premiere opera by the extraordinary young composer Matthew Aucoin explores how the individual experiences of soldiers are remembered and told. As Whitman listens to wounded veterans share their memories and messages, he forges a bond with a soldier who forces him to examine his own role as writer and poet. This new opera, featuring the Boston-based orchestra A Far Cry, an ensemble at the forefront of a dynamic new generation in classical music is produced in association with Music Theatre Group. (write up taken from A.R.T. webpage)
Links about the conductor and the opera:
Matthew Aucoin Biography
Crossings
Globe story on Matt
Interview with Matt