Half-Light Productions will present the fourth annual “Zombie Opera” concert on Oct. 28. This year’s cast features sopranos Molly Dunn and Yohji Daquio, mezzo-soprano Rachelle Pike, tenor Ta’u Pupu’a, bass Kofi Hayford, and bass-baritone Eliam Ramos. The chorus is made up of North River Sing members, students from New Jersey City University, and community members, under the direction of choirmaster {…}
South Orange Performing Arts Center in New Jersey is set to present Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Nov. 30, 2022. The partly staged performance of the classic work will star Molly Dunn as Violetta with Jeremy Brauner as Alfredo and Jason Detwiler as Giorgio Germont. The MidAtlantic Symphony and Seton Hall University Choir will also perform. Dunn recently performed “La Traviata” {…}
Half-Light Productions will present “Zombie Opera: CIRCUS” on Oct. 29, 2022. The third-annual event will take place at Jersey City’s Hamilton Park. Audiences will hear such opera singers as Molly Dunn, Kofi Hayford, and Lindell Carter as they take on music from “Faust,” “La Traviata,” “La Bohème,” “Carmen,” and “Rigoletto,” among others. Jason Tramm conducts an orchestra made up of {…}
Zombies and Opera… Raise your hand if that’s a combination that immediately comes to mind? Yeah me neither. In fact they couldn’t feel more different could they? Zombies are the incarnation of chaos. The texture of zombie films and art is grimy, decayed. It could not be further from popular culture’s opera references. The opulent. The high art. The sublime. {…}
Theodore Christman has announced his latest work “Unfolded.” The composer of “Adriana McMannes,” will unveil his new piece of music theatre on Oct. 27, 2019 in a reading that will feature a massive cast under the musical direction of Keith Chambers. The work will star Madison Marie McIntosh, Michelle Guillot, Wilbert Kellerman, Damian Faul, Taylor-Alexis Dupont, Kevin Courtemanche, Rashard Deleston, {…}