Opera New Work Reading: Featuring Composer Justine F. Chen: Maryland Opera Studio and Femmes de Chanson
Opera New Work Reading: Featuring Composer Justine F. Chen: Maryland Opera Studio and Femmes de Chanson
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The annual opera new work reading creates opportunities to highlight new contributions to the opera repertoire from emerging voices. This year, join members of the Maryland Opera Studio (MOS) and the women's chamber vocal ensemble Femmes de Chanson for an evening of music culminating the weeklong residency of Taiwanese-American composer Justine F. Chen. Building on the long tradition of new work exploration, MOS performs excerpts of Chen’s recent and newly created works alongside introductions by the composer, demonstrating the remarkable depth and importance of this prominent compositional voice.
Program:
Select Scenes From The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing
Excerpt From Seven Sisters
Starry Night String Quartet
About the Maryland Opera Studio:
Under the direction of Craig Kier, the Maryland Opera Studio is dedicated to the future of opera. Preparing the next generation of great singers and offering performances ranging from classic repertoire to provocative new works, it is building contemporary audiences for opera and advancing the art that sustains them.
Health + Safety
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