Three Experimental Operas

26-15 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY

April 6-8, 2012
All performances: 8pm

Tickets:
General Admission - $15
Student Admission - $10
All weekend pass - $30

Fri. Apr. 6 
Un Jour Comme Un Autre by Vinko Globokar
ADDDDDDDDD by thingNY

Sat. Apr. 7 
ADDDDDDDDD by thingNY
Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young

Sun. Apr. 8 
Un Jour Comme Un Autre by Vinko Globokar
Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young

On the weekend of April 6th, thingNY will transform the old Moe’s Taxi garage into an arena for the performance of three experimental operas. Each night will feature a different paring of the works, offering a new experience each time.

The three operas include:
Un Jour Comme Un Autre -- a rarely seen masterpiece of Slovene-French composer Vinko Globokar that launched Diamanda Galas into the spotlight as a virtuosic and dramatic vocalist. Emerging new music soprano Gelsey Bell takes the lead role in this semi-staged opera dealing with the cruelties of arrest and torture. Based on real events, the vocalist's beautiful utterances are transformed into terrifying squeals and screams as she endures kidnapping, interrogation, isolation, beatings, and, eventually, her death.

ADDDDDDDDD -- an opera exploring the sweet sounds of excess, influenced by Robert Ashley, Berg, Boulez, Braxton, and Björk. In a poetically verbose blend of noise, song, and spoken word, the five composer-performers highlight the everyday excesses of our lives via a montage of numbers, appointments, pet peeves, dreams, and commercial interruptions in five-part harmony

Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young -- a satire of a political campaign that centers around speeches and debates on the topic of immigration and national identity. Last summer, Patriots was toured throughout the Northwestern U.S. The work is a “portable” opera – the loading and unloading of the stage is part of the performance – a format inspired both by the fleeting nature of political campaign visits and the transient lives of immigrant workers.

About thingNY:
thingNY is a 501c3 not-for-profit collective of composer-performers who create and perform theatrically charged experimental music, champion the work of avant-garde and contemporary classical composers, and collaborate across disciplines, media and genres.