The program opens with cherished modern arias of the 20th/21st century.
After intermission, get ready for THE COMPANION, a comic opera set in the future. Not so far in the future, Maya (soprano) lives with her android lover named Joe (tenor). This interactive programmed Companion looks and sounds human—only better. Still, Maya wants more complexity from Joe. She has technician Dax (baritone) come by to install new experimental software, with surprising results.
Watch/listen to the arias here (courtesy of Nashville Opera)
Wine, Beer & Snack Bar opens @ 2 PM. $6 Drinks make this the best deal in Saratoga Springs!
PROGRAM
LEONARD BERNSTEIN – Dream With Me
LEONARD BERNSTEIN – Greeting from Arias and Barcarolles
LEONARD BERNSTEIN – Maria from West Side Story
IGOR STRAVINSKY – Here I Stand from The Rake’s Progress
TOM CIPULLO – After You Hear Me Out from Glory Denied
GIANCARLO MENOTTI – When the Air Sings of Summer from The Old Maid and the Thief
TOBIAS PICKER – Letter Aria from Emmeline
ROBERT PATERSON - Why So Shy? from Masquerade
JONATHAN DOVE – I bought this suitcase in New York from Flight
KAMALA SANKARAM – This Parking Lot’s a Graveyard from Taking Up Serpents
MARK ADAMO – Kennst du das Land from Little Women
—Intermission—
ROBERT PATERSON – The Companion, Opera in One Act; DAVID COTE, Librettist
ARTISTS
Samuel McCoy, Conductor
John De Los Santos, Director & Choreographer
Mostly Modern Festival Fellows and and Participant Instrumentalists, TBA
Virginia Douglas, soprano
Alexandra Lang, soprano
Felicia Zangari, soprano
Sarah Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Brook Xiao, countertenor
Thomas Bocchi, tenor
William Burden, tenor
Alex DeSocio, Baritone
William Nederlander, baritone
Tom Laskowski, bass-baritone
Amir Farid, piano
Dave Eggar, cello
Cris Frisco, piano
Program and artists subject to change