#blithespirit recording has resumed today!
Charles is well on his way to being done and Dr. Bradman is complete! (Probably for the best with the faces that Simon is pulling…)
#opera #demorecording #noëlcoward #noelcoward #adaptation #britishmusic #newopera
#blithespirit #opera #demorecording #noelcoward #adaptation #britishmusic #newopera
Getting ready for NewMusicGathering as possibly the only non-composer/non-performer librettist/lyricist thinking I need one of these:
[Image is of actor Nathan Fillion in the TV show Castle wearing a bulletproof vest reading "WRITER" across the chest instead of "POLICE."
#NewMusicGathering #NewMusic #CreativeWriting #WritingLife #LIbrettist #Lyricist #NewOpera
#newmusicgathering #newmusic #creativewriting #writinglife #librettist #lyricist #newopera
Ouch. https://www.vulture.com/article/opera-review-champion-terence-blanchard-met.html #Opera #NewOpera #Met
Met premieres Blanchard’s `Champion,′ an `opera in jazz’ https://apnews.com/article/terence-blanchard-opera-champion-met-a907e1d82a6f1df370426b5a98aa5982 #Opera #NewMusic #NewOpera #TheMetDoesSomethingRightForOnce #MetOpera #Music #Jazz
#opera #newmusic #newopera #themetdoessomethingrightforonce #metopera #music #jazz
Any of my #music folks here going in-person to #NewMusicGathering in Portland in June? I am feeling very ambivalent about going, even though my opera with Lisa Neher, Sense of Self, will be performed live. The organizers do not seem to be committed to #accessibilty, #masking, #Covid safety, reasonable schedules, and other things, so I am worried. I am committed to supporting & attending only conferences that have strong online participation goals and planning, so... Thoughts appreciated. #NewMusic #NewOpera #Opera
#music #newmusicgathering #accessibilty #masking #COVID #newmusic #newopera #opera
This is kind of a sub-post, but there ARE ALREADY lots of NEW comic operas out there. I'm tired of the "where are the new comic operas?" narrative. One is my micro-opera with Lisa Neher, *Woman Waits with Sword*written for Margaret O'Connell. It's funny AND about a smart, clever woman. (Watch here: https://www.lisanehermusic.com/woman-waits-with-sword.html). And there are plenty others: Thom K. Miller and Griffin Candey's Sweets by Kate; Elizabeth Cree by Puts and Campbell; Stephen Eddins and Michael O'Brien's Why I Live at the PO; more. Finally, opera companies repeatedly commission serious or tragic opera far more often than comic or hopepunk/feel-good works. Commission us, and we will write! #Opera #NewOpera #NewMusic
“Black opera enters a golden age
Artists debut new works while scholars like Naomi André rediscover pieces long hidden in segregation’s shadows.” https://thewell.unc.edu/2023/02/06/black-opera-enters-a-golden-age/?fbclid=IwAR1_9Krbgxh-CLsTN0cPZjW7prXpbKWQd6pHd1Vqzs5-Ulere0h61U8MIJ0 #Opera #NewOpera #BlackOpera
Soprano Julia Bullock’s Opera Star Rises https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-01-27/commentary-julia-bullock-soprano-profile-opera #Opera #NewOpera #MeetOpera #NewMusic
#opera #newopera #meetopera #newmusic
Coming late 2023 - our #demorecording of Paul Corfield Godfrey’s new adaptation of the #noelcoward #farce #blithespirit!
Introducing our wonderful cast who are taking on this brilliant piece!
www.volanteopera.wales/recording
#noëlcoward #britishmusic #opera #composer #operasingersofinstagram #composers #operasinger #composersofinstagram #musiccomposer #britishmusician #britishmusicians #newmusic #classicalmusic #demorecordings #Composers #Opera #21stcenturymusic #comicopera #comedy #newopera
#demorecording #noelcoward #farce #blithespirit #britishmusic #opera #composer #operasingersofinstagram #composers #operasinger #composersofinstagram #musiccomposer #britishmusician #britishmusicians #newmusic #classicalmusic #demorecordings #21stcenturymusic #comicopera #comedy #newopera
This Wednesday, Jan 25, come hear my new opera with composer Jessica Rudman, *Neither Created Nor Destroyed*. Tickets are free! but you do need to register Show 1, 12:)) pm Eastern: https://events.temple.edu/beyond-the-notes-enaensemble-presents-the-celestial. Show 2, 5:00 pm Eastern: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enaensemble-serial-opera-at-the-free-library-january-edition-tickets-506663272487 #MeetOpera #NewOpera #Opera #NewMusic
#meetopera #newopera #opera #newmusic
Today I was back at #HochschulefürMusik #Karlsruhe to give a talk about my opera #TURING! #newopera #worldpremiere #ProfStephanMösch #StaatstheaterNürnberg
#hochschulefurmusik #karlsruhe #turing #newopera #worldpremiere #profstephanmosch #staatstheaternurnberg
Where am I and what am I doing in January? All the details here: https://buttondown.email/KLeonardPhD/archive/january/
#NewOpera #MeetOpera #NewMusic #CreativeWriting #WritingWorkshops #Poetry #TeachingPoetry #TeachingWriting
#newopera #meetopera #newmusic #creativewriting #writingworkshops #poetry #teachingpoetry #teachingwriting
Our #demorecordings of Paul Corfield Godfrey’s operatic adaptation of #thesilmarillion by #tolkien have picked up some brilliant #reviews over the last few year…
#opera #operasingersofinstagram #britishcomposer #composer #newopera #lordoftherings #thehobbit
#demorecordings #thesilmarillion #tolkien #reviews #opera #operasingersofinstagram #britishcomposer #composer #newopera #lordoftherings #thehobbit
My cat ‘helping’. (I am adapting this novel into a libretto.) ID: Black and white cat resting his heads on the books I need including ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’ by #MadeleineThien #caturday #libretto #catsofmastodon #kinglouiecat #newopera
#MadeleineThien #caturday #Libretto #catsofmastodon #KingLouieCat #newopera
I’ve got two new operas to start of 2023!
*Waters Rising*, with music by Tim Hinck, Chattanooga Theater Center, Jan 10. https://bit.ly/3uv0hj8
*Neither Created Nor Destroyed*, with music by Jessica Rudman, Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia, Jan 25. https://www.enaensemble.org/
Follow me here for updates: https://kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org/
#newopera #meetopera #LibrettistLife #Libretti
A snippet from the #Protectress #libretto. Arethusa sings:
I’m making a cleansing paste:
fennel and clay from Thebes,
filings from an old coin of Athens,
an eyelash from Hélène Cixous,
tears from the enslaved women
of Troy.
Blood from each of you gorgons,
an olive,
and pumice.
#Protectress #libretto #newopera #meetopera #mythology #medusa #myth #classics
Why are both #operas being performed at the #OperaAmerica conference by male composers & librettists? You talk representation and then don’t include women composers or librettists? What kind of representation is that? I’m tired of #Manels. #NewOpera #MeetOpera #ManelWatch
#operas #OperaAmerica #manels #newopera #meetopera #ManelWatch
Today I’m working on the #libretto of Protectress, adapted from my novella of the same name, about #Medusa confronting rape culture in the 21st c. Composer Jessica Rudman and I can’t wait to bring this to the stage! (Get the novella at https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/store/p349/protectress.html?utm_source=pocket_saves) #NewOpera #MeetOpera #Opera #Medusa #Mythology #MeToo
#libretto #medusa #newopera #meetopera #opera #mythology #MeToo