lisa scola prosek
"a gifted bay area composer" The San Francisco Bay Guardian
Potrero Hill
San Francisco, CA 94107
ph: 415 282-5616
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Crystal Philippi and Maria Mikheyenko
Sopranos
Press Information
for Trap Door
A new video opera based on one US soldier’s experience in Iraq.
By Lisa Scola Prosek
Produced by Stage Media
Premiered at and Commissioned by The Lab, San Francisco, June 5,6,7 12,13, and 14 at 8 pm at The Lab.
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Trap Door, a new comic video opera, tells the story of Private Able, his experiences in Iraq, and his homecoming to the US where he is on trial for shooting an unarmed Iraqi man. The opera examines the daily routines of a US soldier, his interaction with the independent contractors, the media, his fellow soldiers, the “enemy”, and his attempts at finding meaning in it all.
Composed in bel canto style with Commedia Dell’Arte direction by Jim Cave.
Conducted by Martha Stoddard, with chamber orchestra.
Video Sets by Jakub Kalousek, StageMedia Productions.
“Thought-provoking and compelling. The drill-sergeant moments are disturbing and jarring.
The lyrics are full of striking imagery and metaphor. The music is compelling, rich and fully realized.” The Academy for New Musical Theatre
CAST
Clifton Romig, Baritone as Private Able
Mark Hernandez, Tenor as Omar the taxi driver
Bianca Showalter, Soprano as Jane, The Journalist
Eliza O’Malley, Soprano
Maria Mikheyenko, Soprano as Ashley the Independent Contractor
James McGoff, Baritone as the Independent Contractor
With Special Appearance by Roham Shaikhani.
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE:
Michel Taddei, Bass
Beth Snellings, cello
Katrina Wreede, viola
Phil Freihofner, oboe,
Eduard Prosek, trumpet
Lisa Prosek, piano
Upcoming Premieres:
"Churchill in Moscow" a new opera commissioned by Thick House Theater, for 2011-2012
"Ten Days" (Dieci Giorni) a new collaborative opera, based on the Decameron of Boccaccio directed by Jim Cave.
Thick House Theater,San Francisco, Sept 10-18, 2010 made possible by the Zellerbach Foundation.
Sequenza 21 June 27, 2010:
"Lisa Scola Prosek’s Three Songs from her new opera Ten Days, Dieci Giorni, based on Bocaccio’s Decameron was, as so often with this composer, full of surprises. Transparently scored, clearly played, and vividly sung in English and Italian by soprano Shauna Fallihee, it said what it had to, then stopped . And the 16 person band …was obviously moved."
TRAP DOOR, SF Chronicle feature, visit :
Clifton Romig, Baritone
photos by Daniela Degrassi
Roham Shaikhani,Mark Hernandez, Bianca Showalter
James McGoff, Mark Hernandez Roham Shaikhani, Clifton Romig
Maria Mikheyenko, Mark Hernandez,
Clifton Romig
Potrero Hill
San Francisco, CA 94107
ph: 415 282-5616
alt: 707 364-1461
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