Fresh Voices Festival II

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Spurred by the success of last year's inaugural Fresh Voices program, we bring you another delicious smorgasbord of new music theater works in our cabaret opera setting.

Program A Program B
Fri. July 20, Sat. July 21, Sun. July 22
(8 pm Fri/Sat, 7 pm Sun.) 		Fri. August 3, Sat. August 4, Sun. August 5
(8 pm Fri/Sat, 7 pm Sun.)
The Little Prince
Music and words by Mark Alburger
Antigone
Music and words by Mark Alburger
The World Is a Butterfly's Wing
Music by Nancy Bloomer Deussen,
poetry by Allen Cohen
Miniature Portraits
Music by Lisa Scola Prosek,
lyrics by Michael McDonagh
The Soldiers Who Wanted to Kill Death
Music and words by John Partridge
``Toccata di Luna'' from Apollo 14, A Space Opera
Music and words by DC Meckler
Modulating Back to Tonic
Music and words by Anne Nygren Doherty

Alburger's musical adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's timeless tale won First Prize in the 2001 Festival of One Acts at Dominican University. Soldiers is an intense drama of three World War II GI's living out their longings while trapped behind enemy lines. Tenor David Saslav performs Bloomer Deussen's songs, with viola and piano.

Alburger's Antigone is a tragic opera with absurdist overtones. Miniature Portraits are lyric meditations on love, desire and memory. In Apollo 14, Meckler explores the mortal tension and staccato rhythms of space missions and their jargon. Doherty's musical comedy features a frustrated composer, Chicago gangsters, down-and-out divas, and a cleric with cowboy yearnings.

Tickets: $15 adults; $12 senior/student
Special rate! $25/$20 for 1 series admission to both Programs A & B

Click here for online reservations, or call (415)289-6877

Douglas E. Mandell
Last modified: Tue Jul 17 20:25:17 PDT 2001