Felix Jarrar, Maria Brea, Cynthia López-Pérez Headline Hogfish’s ‘Conflict, Passion, and Reflection’
By Nicolas Quiroga(Credit: Eliana Brea)
Hogfish is set to present “Conflict, Passion, and Reflection,” a musical program featuring composer-pianist and composer Felix Jarrar as well as sopranos Maria Brea and Cynthia López-Pérez.
The performance is part of the company’s Farm To Stage series and will take place on July 12, 2023 at Wolfe’s Neck Farm’s Mallet Barn in Portland, Maine.
“‘Conflict, Passion, and Reflection’ is a program that explores my own process of healing,” Jarrar said in an official press statement. “The singers featured on this program, Cynthia López-Pérez and Maria Brea, as well as librettist Bea Goodwin, have been a huge part of my growth as a musician and person. In response to both the trauma of the pandemic and the prejudices I have faced as a queer POC, I have created my own safe space to share my art and emotions.”
On the program are such works as “I, the dead sea”, “The Dreamer” from the cycle Eclipse (text by Goodwin) and “Amethyst’ from my Symphony no. 1, “Banishing Grief.” The program will also feature the premiere of Jarrar’s latest art song, a setting of “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Jarrar has composed a total of 230 works, including 200 songs, 13 operas, 2 string quartets, 2 cantatas, and a symphony.
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