[BROADCAST] Music of Remembrance: After Life
Free (Free)
Catherine Cook, mezzo-soprano
Robert Orth, baritone
Ava Pine, soprano
Zart Dombourian-Eby, flute
Laura DeLuca, clarinet
Mikhail Shmidt, violin
Walter Gray, cello
Craig Sheppard, piano
Stilian Kirov, conductor
Tom Cipullo – After Life
Composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason’s pathbreaking one-act opera imagining a confrontation between the ghosts of Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein over the role of art in a troubled world. The work received the National Opera Association’s prestigious Domenick Argento Chamber Opera Award.
The performance you’ll see is MOR’s 2015 world premiere of After Life with the extraordinary cast of Catherine Cook, Ava Pine and the late great Robert Orth. The production was directed by Erich Parce and conducted by Stilian Kirov with MOR’s instrumental ensemble drawn primarily from the Seattle Symphony.
Watch the broadcast here: https://www.musicofremembrance.org/watch-and-listen/gaman
Link to donate: https://www.musicofremembrance.org/support