This week audiences will get to hear various world premiere recordings, a tenor singing Donizetti and Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Emily & Sue Adhyâropa Records is set to release a cappella pop-opera album from L.A.-based composer Dana Kaufman and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp. The work will feature soprano Jasmine Muhammad and Iris Vocal Trio. This piece focuses on the little-known romantic {…}
Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science will host the Sound of Fools presentation of “The Priestess of Morphine,” a monodrama for two voices, at the museum on June 17-18, 2022. Acclaimed contemporary opera director Bea Goodwin’s staging is site specific, with the performances taking place throughout the museum halls. The work, composed by American Prize for Opera-winner Rosśa Crean, with {…}
This week audiences will get a chance to hear new works, one of the great stars of our generation and rarely performed repertoire. Here is a look at the new albums of the week: The Priestess of Morphine Navona releases composer Rosśa Crean and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp’s haunting portrait of Gertrud Günther, a young Jewish lesbian caught between her {…}
The joined forces by librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp and composer Rosśa Crean brings the incredible story of Gertrud Günther (also known as Marie Madeleine) on a stage for the first time in the monodrama, called the “The Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine.” Premiered on June 28, 2019, in the International Museum of Surgical Science, opera was soon {…}
The International Museum of Surgical Science is set to showcase three performances of “The Priestess of Morphine: A Forensic Study of Marie-Madeleine in the Time of the Nazis.” Performances are set for June 28-30, reportedly running for about 40 minutes total. The opera is written by Aiden K. Feltkamp with music by Rossa Crean and tells the story of Marie-Madeleine, {…}
