Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Orchestra Now Present Rest in Pieces: In Memory of Opera
The Graduate Vocal Arts Program of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and The Orchestra Now (TŌN) present Rest in Pieces: In Memory of Opera, a devised opera celebrating the tribulations, glories, and loves of this tempestuous art form. Conceived and directed by Stephanie Blythe with John Jarboe, Rest in Pieces features the music of Mozart, Strauss, Bizet, Copland, and Puccini. The program, conducted by James Bagwell, will be performed by singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and The Orchestra Now on Friday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 8, at 3 p.m. in the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater. Tickets start at $15 and can be ordered online at fishercenter.bard.edu or by calling the box office at 845-758-7900. $5 student tickets are available to Bard undergraduate students through the Passloff Pass.
In Rest in Pieces, 14 beloved opera characters gather together at a funeral for a mutual friend, and find themselves forging a new, self-determined path that guides them to a realization of their dreams, relationships, and truths—all within the larger-than-life world of opera.
“What is wonderful about Rest in Pieces has been the process of creating this work as a group. Fourteen singers choosing five operas, choosing the music, then building scenes to tell a new, compelling story—all with the aim of creating performance and writing skill sets in an entirely new way. It is truly an extraordinary undertaking,” said Blythe, Vocal Arts Program artistic director. “Audiences can expect to see and hear characters and music that they already know and love, but they will experience them set free in an entirely new, self-determined world.”
Post Date: 02-11-2020
In Rest in Pieces, 14 beloved opera characters gather together at a funeral for a mutual friend, and find themselves forging a new, self-determined path that guides them to a realization of their dreams, relationships, and truths—all within the larger-than-life world of opera.
“What is wonderful about Rest in Pieces has been the process of creating this work as a group. Fourteen singers choosing five operas, choosing the music, then building scenes to tell a new, compelling story—all with the aim of creating performance and writing skill sets in an entirely new way. It is truly an extraordinary undertaking,” said Blythe, Vocal Arts Program artistic director. “Audiences can expect to see and hear characters and music that they already know and love, but they will experience them set free in an entirely new, self-determined world.”
Post Date: 02-11-2020