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DARK SISTERS is a new American opera, with music by Nico Muhly and libretto by Stephen Karam. Co-commissioned and Co-produced by Gotham Chamber Opera, Music-Theatre Group and Opera Company of Philadelphia. DARK SISTERS is a suspenseful, emotional, and lyrical depiction of one woman's struggle with life and faith and the universal dilemma of whether to stay or leave.The opera opens a window into the lives of Eliza and her sister wives, members of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints ...
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Dark Sisters: Staging A Contemporary Opera, Part 2
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DARK SISTERS director Rebecca Taichman, conductor Neal Goren, and composer Nico Muhly discuss the challenges of directing opera, the benefits of "tablework" and the workshop process in opera, the role of physical movement in DARK SISTERS, and the relationship between vocal writing and characterization in the opera.…
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Dark Sisters: Staging A Contemporary Opera, Part 1
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DARK SISTERS director Rebecca Taichman, conductor Neal Goren and composer Nico Muhly discuss the challenges of staging a contemporary opera, how the score guides the staging process, creating characters in opera, and the use of hymns in the music.Dark Sisters Opera által
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Dark Sisters: Librettist Stephen Karam discusses the opera
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Librettist Stephen Karam discusses his libretto for DARK SISTERS, the collaboration process with composer Nico Muhly, and the relationship between music and words in the opera.DARK SISTERS is a new opera by Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam, and is co-commissioned and co-produced by Gotham Chamber Opera, Music-Theatre Group and Opera Company of Philadel…
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Dark Sisters: A Conversation with Nico Muhly and Ken Verdoia (Part 3)
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A conversation between composer Nico Muhly and historian and author Ken Verdoia about the themes surrounding Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's new opera DARK SISTERS, to be premiered by Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in November, 2011.Part 3 of this three-part series discusses polygamy, the plural marriage community, and the New England …
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Dark Sisters: A Conversation with Nico Muhly and Ken Verdoia (Part 2)
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A conversation between composer Nico Muhly and historian and author Ken Verdoia about the themes surrounding Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's new opera DARK SISTERS, to be premiered by Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in Novmeber, 2011.Part 2 of this three-part series explores the geography of early America in the time of Joseph Smith and…
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Dark Sisters: A Conversation with Nico Muhly and Ken Verdoia (Part 1)
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A conversation between composer Nico Muhly and historian and author Ken Verdoia about the themes surrounding Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's new opera DARK SISTERS, to be premiered by Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in Novmeber, 2011.Part 1 of this three-part series begins with a discussion on the ramifications of the 1953 Short Creek r…
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