Event

Master-Pieces

Opera
Master-Pieces
by Petr Kotik
Paula Cooper Gallery
534 West 21st Street, NY
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
7:30pm

In leading role: Kamala Sankaram, Soprano & Pauline Kim Harris, Solos Violin & Viola

Petr Kotik: Master-Pieces (2014, American Premiere)
Libretto: Petr Kotik - adaptation of texts by Gertrude Stein (1936-45)
Staging and Direction: Michael Rau

Kamala Sankaram, soprano
Marty Coyle, tenor
Jefrrey Gavett, baritone
Adrian Rosas, bass
Pauline Kim Harris, Violin / Viola
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor

* Free preview performance
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn Heights
Saturday, Dec. 13th at noon

There may have been two [masterpieces] among the five works presented [at NODO festival]. Kotik's [opera Master-Pieces] was certainly one, proving that he could craft a light and thoroughly entertaining work from Stein's texts while staying to its rigid sensibilities.
-The Wire, London, November 2014