Special Free Screening of Chamber Opera “As One”

As part of Karl Middleman’s “Music of Inspiration for an Age of Anxiety” New Year’s program, Karl has arranged for a special showing of a video of the 2014 premiere of the modern American hit opera, As One. The public is invited to a free screening of this chamber opera about the self-discovery and gradual self-acceptance of Hannah as a transgender woman.

As One was first performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 2014 and has since become one of the most frequently performed new operas. Composed by Laura Kaminsky with a libretto written by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed, the opera has only two characters, Hannah before (sung by baritone Kelly Markgraf) and Hannah after (sung by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke). Singers are accompanied by a string quartet, the Fry Quartet in the premiere.

For a foretaste of the opera, click here for a film clip, and here for a YouTube video of an interview with composer Laura Kaminsky and the librettists.

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