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Mother Goose – How Composer Felix Jarrar Created A Subversive Fairy Tale Opera

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(Credit: Orlando Mendiola) Once Upon a Time composer Felix Jarrar examined the life of Kiki de Montparnasse in “Tabula Rasa.” He delved into the dark depths of Edgar Allan Poe’s “House of Usher.” He brought Ebenezer Scrooge out of the darkness and into the light with “A Christmas Carol.” He examined the myth of “Apollo and Hermes.” But four operas {…}

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Composer Felix Jarrar To Present ‘Yuletide in a Younger World’

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Composer Felix Jarrar is set to present a holiday concert “Yuletide in a Younger World” on Dec. 8, 2019 at the Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. The concert, which commences at 7 p.m. local time, will feature soprano Maria Eleni Zollo, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, baritone Wayne Arthur Paul, and Jarrar at the piano. The performance’s program will be made up {…}

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Felix Jarrar Announces World Premiere Performance of New Opera ‘Mother Goose’

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Composer Felix Jarrar has announced that his new opera “Mother Goose” will have its world premiere on Nov. 21, 2019 at Dixon Place in New York City. The opera will be directed by Bea Goodwin, who collaborated with Jarrar on “Tabula Rasa” and “A Christmas Carol” as librettist and director. The opera will star Allison Gish the title role alongside {…}

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‘The Vocal Music of Felix Jarrar At The Loft’ Set For May 28 Performance

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Composer Felix Jarrar will feature a concert of his works on May 28, 2019 at the City Winery NYC. The concert, entitled “The Vocal Music of Felix Jarrar at The Loft,” will feature a number of artists that the composer has worked with in the past including Sara Lin Yoder, Eugenia Forteza, Rebecca Richardson, Petra Jarrar, Julia Taylor, Savannah Greene, {…}

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Composer Felix Jarrar To Showcase ‘The Music of Burton Hatheway’

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Composer Felix Jarrar will showcase “The Music of Burton Hatheway” to kick off his 2019 concert schedule. The composer of the jazz opera “Tabula Rasa” and the forthcoming cantata “The Unsleeping Ones (his first),” will perform at the Jesse Lee United Methodist Church on Jan. 6, 2019 in a concert sponsored by Fairfield County’s The Wednesday Afternoon Music Club. The {…}

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Composer Felix Jarrar Announces Cafe Concert “Felix Jarrar & Friends”

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On Wednesday, November 21, 2018, award-winning composer Felix Jarrar will be bringing a wide selection of his works for a concert at New York City’s Cornelia Street Café. Titled “Felix Jarrar & Friends,” the concert will feature two arias from Jarrar’s upcoming comic opera, “Mother Goose.” Singing these arias will be soprano Eugenia Forteza and mezzo-soprano Inbal Milliger; Forteza and Milliger {…}

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Composer Felix Jarrar To Preview 5th Opera In Summer Recital

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Composer Felix Jarrar has announced an immersive recital this August that will preview his fifth opera “Mother Goose.” The composer of “Tabula Rasa” announced, via press release, that the recital, entitled “Queens Without Boundaries” would take place on August 19, 2018 at the Cornelia Street Café. The performance will kick off at 6 p.m. The recital, which will feature contralto {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Felix Jarrar and Brittany Goodwin To Showcase New Jazz Opera

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The Artist of the Week has showcased a number of artists making role debuts, house debuts and sometimes both. It’s also showcased numerous superstars and rising stars. This week, in celebration of the New York Opera Fest’s opening, we look to a dynamic duo which has made a name for itself in modern opera. For the past few years, Felix Jarrar {…}

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Composers Now Will Revive Felix Jarrar’s ‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher

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Composers Now will perform a full production of “Lady Madeline’s Mad Scene” from “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a chamber opera in four scenes with a score and libretto by Felix Jarrar, based on the eponymous Edgar Allan Poe story. The work is Jarrar’s second opera, which premiered in 2016 to great commercial and critical success and toured off-Broadway {…}

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Mother Goose – How Composer Felix Jarrar Created A Subversive Fairy Tale Opera

Composer Felix Jarrar To Present ‘Yuletide in a Younger World’

Felix Jarrar Announces World Premiere Performance of New Opera ‘Mother Goose’

‘The Vocal Music of Felix Jarrar At The Loft’ Set For May 28 Performance

Composer Felix Jarrar To Showcase ‘The Music of Burton Hatheway’

Composer Felix Jarrar Announces Cafe Concert “Felix Jarrar & Friends”

Composer Felix Jarrar To Preview 5th Opera In Summer Recital

Artist Of The Week: Felix Jarrar and Brittany Goodwin To Showcase New Jazz Opera

Composers Now Will Revive Felix Jarrar’s ‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher