Loadbang is set to give the world premiere of Michael Hersch’s new vocal cycle, ‘that I wanted to find you here.’ This 30-minute score was written in the period immediately following the composers recovery from a near-death experience early last year. The work sets texts by Abdellatif Laâbi, Anja Utler, Stav Poleg, and Shane McCrae. Of this piece Hersch says, {…}
(Photo credit: James Matthew Daniel) Michael Hersch’s latest opera, “and we, each,” created in collaboration with poet Shane McCrae, makes its New York premiere at National Sawdust on Feb. 6. Soprano Ah Young Hong and baritone Jesse Blumberg perform the two singing roles. Tito Muñoz will conduct a five-piece ensemble comprised of New York players. James Daniel, who previously staged Hersch’s {…}
An underground fire in Baltimore forced a last minute relocation of the Sunday performance of Michael Hersch’s “and we, each.” The showcase, originally set for the Baltimore Theater Project, too the stage of the 2640 Space one hour later than its original start time. The opera premiered on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Baltimore Theater Project, but at 3:30 a.m. {…}
This season Michael Hersch’s new opera in collaboration with poet/memoirist Shane McCrae “And We, each” will make its world premiere. The work will be produced by the Baltimore-based organization Mind on Fire, “and we, each” will take the stage at Baltimore Theater Project on Sept. 28 & 29, 2024. There will also be performances at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, {…}
Ah Young Hong, is a soprano who has collaborated with composer Michael Hersch on numerous pieces. She is a globally recognized concert and chamber soloist, and has collaborated with top-notch artists like violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and renowned orchestras such as the BBC Symphony. In the world of opera, she made waves with her New York premiere of Michael Hersch’s “On {…}
Photo of Michael Hersch by Richard Anderson American composer Michael Hersch and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann’s “Poppaea,” will have its world premiere at Switzerland’s Festival ZeitRäume Basel on Sept. 10 & 12, 2021, before moving on to the Vienna and the Wien Modern Festival, Nov. 5-7, 2021. The production is directed by Markus Bothe. The one-act opera stars soprano Ah Young Hong, a frequent {…}
