Fables & Tales

Fables & Tales                                                                                        January 1999

Five Very Short Operas; The Ugly Duckling; The Nursery; Petites Voix

 

Fables: Five Very Short Operas

By Ned Rorem

Poems by Jean de la Fontaine

Translated by Marianne Moore

Performers: Andrés Andrade, David Arjanik, Judith Barnes, John Bronner, Suzanne Chadwick, Catherine Heraty, Mark Malachesky, Lisa Solo, Clare Stollak

 

The Ugly Duckling

By Sergei Prokofiev

Libretto by Hans Christian Andersen

Judith Barnes, Mezzo Soprano

Benedetta Capanna, Dancer & Choreographer

 

The Nursery

By Modest Mussorgsky

Clare Stollak, Mezzo Soprano

 

Petites Voix (Songs for Children)

By Francis Poulenc

Poems by Madeleine Ley

Judith Barnes, Susanne Chadwick & Clare Stollak

 

Three Garcia Lorca Songs

By Francis Poulenc

Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca

Judith Barnes, Mezzo Soprano

Benedetta Capanna, Dancer & Choreographer

 

 

Thursday, January 21st 1999, 8:00 PM

Saturday, January 23rd 1999, 8:00 PM

Sunday, January 24th 1999, 4:00 PM

 

Behind the Door

219 Court Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

Elizabeth Teachout, Music Director & Piano

Judith Barnes, Director

Benedetta Capanna, Choreographer