Pocket Opera Players Present SPACE IN THE HEART, A JAZZOPERA, 11/5

The Pocket Opera Players will present SPACE IN THE HEART, A JAZZOPERA, Friday and Saturday, November 5 & 6 at 7:30 pm.

SPACE IN THE HEART, A JAZZOPER features music by Bill (William O.) Smith Libretto by Peter Monaghan. It is directed by Beth Greenberg and stars Rachelle Fleming, Nicole Pasternak, and Dominic Inferrera, with Bill Smith (clarinet), John Eaton (piano), Michael Bisio (bass) and Alan Bergman (drums).

Following the one-act opera, a set of original songs and jazz standards will be performed by the cast and instrumentalists.

The performance will take place at Symphony Space Thalia, located at 2537 Broadway at 95th St. New York City.

Enjoy a beverage from the café bar during the show.

For more information call (212) 864-5400. To purchase tickets, visit SymphonySpace.org. Tickets are $35/$30/$25 Discounts for students/seniors.

For full web page, more info, http://composers.com/page/space-heart-nov-5-6.

Bill Smith is a composer and virtuoso clarinetist with several decades of experience in new music (as William O. Smith) and jazz (as Bill Smith). He has for 60 years collaborated with Dave Brubeck, and has composed numerous works for jazz and new classical performance with commissions by the likes of the Modern Jazz Quartet and Shelley Manne.

The writers have created a modern American tale: A model astronaut falls for a colleague and desperately pursues him, then stalks and attacks a rival with a plan of action deranged and ineffectual. Such events express themes of power, desire, and desperation. They also crystallize around archetypal and mythic elements. - despite any real, actual events

Librettist Peter Monaghan explains, "My hope has been to achieve a new kind of opera that is simple and clear with maximum freedom for the performers, especially the instrumentalists, who largely improvise."

 

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