Opera Music Broadcast Webcasts the InsightALT Festival, Live from NYC May 28 - June 3

Starting May 28th at 7PM EST, operamusicbroadcast.com will present a live webcast ofInsightALT, a new festival that offers an intimate, inside look into American Lyric Theater's process of creating new creating new operas at all stages of their development.

"not only efficiently reached a much broader audience than what is possible in the house, but the webcast also distributed an operatic experience of the highest artistic quality." Bravo! - GRAYDON ROYCE, Star-Tribune

Public readings of three new operas will be at the center of the festival. Audrey Luna,Caroline Worra, Audrey Babcock, Heather Johnson, Dominic Armstrong, Javier Abreu, Daniel Belcher, and Christopher Burchett are among the guest singers featured in the three operas. After each concert, there will be an open discussion exploring the creative process with the composers and librettists, moderated by ALT's Founder and Producing Artistic Director, Lawrence Edelson. Following these discussions, audience members are invited to join the writers and performers at meet-the-artist receptions, generously sponsored by Dalton Winery and Teperberg Winery, provided by Gotham Wines & Liquors. InsightALT will also offer the opportunity for the public to attend a master class with internationally renown soprano Catherine Malfitano on the challenge of creating roles in new operas, and to join together for symposia curated by Glyndebourne dramaturg and ALT principal faculty member Cori Ellison.

In New York City? Onsite Tickets for individual events range from $15 to $25.

Visit http://www.jccmanhattan.org/opera for more details.

LIVE WEBCAST SCHEDULE - operamusicbroadcast.com:

Tuesday, May 28th at 7:00 PM

Master Class with Catherine Malfitano

Explore the unique challenges of being the first singer to create roles in new operas, with one of the world's greatest singing actresses, soprano and director Catherine Malfitano. Featuring excerpts from The Turing Project, La Reina, and The Long Walk, with guest singers Rosa Betancourt, Elise Quagliata, Heather Johnson, Javier Abreu, Jonathan Estabrooks, and Christopher Burchett; and pianist Jody Schum.

Wednesday, May 29th at 7:00 PM

Symposium: Fantasizing History

How much does historical accuracy matter when adapting real life events for the opera stage? All three operas featured as part of InsightALT are inspired by real life events - but the balance between fact and fiction differs in each piece. Glyndebourne Dramaturg and ALT Artist Mentor Cori Ellison leads this symposium with guests including conductorSteven Osgood, baritone Daniel Belcher, librettist Royce Vavrek, librettist David Simpatico, and composer Jorge Sosa.

Thursday, May 30th at 7:00 PM

The Turing Project: A Concert Reading of Scenes from a New Opera in Development at ALT

Music by Justine F. Chen

Libretto by David Simpatico

FEATURING: Jonathan Estabrooks, Kathryn Guthrie, Elise Quagliata, Kyle Bielfield, Benjamin Robinson, Joseph Beutel and Justin Hopkins; conducted by Keith Chambers.

An iconoclastic thinker and social misfit born to the Edwardian upper class in 1912, Alan Turing was a simple man of extraordinary abilities. His achievements include creating the first universal computer; breaking the Nazi U-Boat code, which proved crucial to the success of the allied forces in WWII; and creating the field of Artificial Intelligence and the future of digital, binary reality. Yet, despite the many benefits Turing's ideas bestowed upon humanity, the British government charged him with Gross Indecency for the crime of being homosexual, and punished him with chemical castration. A year after his sentence was carried out, Turing committed suicide at the age of 41, eating an apple laced with cyanide - according to the official coroner's report. Many speculate that his apparent suicide was inspired by his life-long love of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. But others don't think his death was suicide at all. This new opera imagines the man inside the legend, the unique perspective he had on the universe, the public and unashamed view he had of his own homosexuality, and the impact he had upon the future of civilization.

Sunday, June 2nd at 3:00 PM

Symposium: Of Arms and the Man I Sing

How have some operas glorified war while others have laid bare its horrors? Dramaturg Cori Ellison returns to lead this symposium with guest artists including Brian Castner, author of the critically acclaimed book, The Long Walk, which serves as the inspiration for ALT's new opera of the same name; The Long Walk composer and librettist Jeremy Howard Beck and Stephanie Fleischmann; and Pulitzer Prize winning composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, who recently collaborated on the wildly successful new opera, Silent Night.

Sunday, June 2nd 7:00 PM

THE LONG WALK: A Concert Reading of Scenes from a New Opera in Development at ALT

Music by Jeremy Howard Beck

Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann

Based on the book The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows by Brian Castner.

FEATURING: Daniel Belcher, Heather Johnson, Glenn Seven Allen, Kyle Bielfield, Justin Hopkins, Caroline Worra, Donita Volkwijn, Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, Mercer Patterson, and Hayden Wall; conducted by Steven Osgood.

LA REINA: A Concert of a New Opera in Development at ALT

Music by Jorge Sosa

Libretto by Laura Sosa Pedroza

Featuring: Audrey Babcock, Audrey Luna, Rosa Betancourt, Christopher Burchett, Dominic Armstrong, Javier Abreu, Tom McNichols, Joseph Beutel, John Matthew Meyers and Michael Zegarski; conducted by Andrew Bisantz.

Through the eyes of one of the most notorious drug queenpins in history, La Reina sheds light on the violent, real life events taking place in Mexico and the United States in the ongoing drug wars. The opera is being written in both Spanish and English, and features an electro-acoustic score.

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