American Opera Projects: Watch 6 Mini Operas About Fort Greene Park This Sunday [4 PM; Jorell Williams, baritone]

AOP Concert in Fort Greene Park

Jorell Williams, baritone

(Julie DeMarre Photography)

www.jorellmwilliams.com

New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, American Opera Projects (AOP),
and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy (FGPC)

present

PARK AND BARK

two free performances of mini-operas about Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park,

one of New York's, and the nation's, most historic and vibrant neighborhood parks. 

The operas, each under fifteen minutes, include dramatizations of the park's large dog walking community, the remains of the Prison Ship Martyrs from the American Revolution, and a park gardener in a post-apocalyptic future. 

Written by students in the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, led by Randall Eng (Composers & the Voice, Henry's Wife), in partnership with AOP.

Six of the operas, staged by opera director Sam Helfrich (Glimmerglass, Boston Lyric), will be performed at NYU Tisch's Black Box Theater. The other six operas will be performed in an outdoor concert near the Visitors Center at Fort Greene Park.

Read the recent DNAinfo profile of "Park and Bark"!

Saturday, May 7  | 2:00 PM Group A (operas 1-6, staged) Black Box Theatre, NYU Tisch  715 Broadway, 2nd Floor. NY 10003DIRECTIONS Randall Eng - Program Director Sam Helfrich - Stage Director Mila Henry - Music Director W. Wilson Jones - Stage Manager Composers / Librettists Edison Hong / Manda Leigh Blunt Yoonmi Lee / Orian Israelsohn Paulo Tirol / Shoshana Greenberg Casey O'Neil / Sophia Chapadjiev Aleksandra Weil / Laura Barati TJ Rubin / Marella Martin Koch Performances by Blake Friedman, tenor Sarah Heltzel, mezzo-soprano Amelia Watkins, soprano Sam Carl, bass Designers - NYU Graduate Department of Design for Stage and Film Peter W Mitchell, Jennifer Reiser, Vadim Ledvin, Derek Van Heel

Sunday, May 8  | 4:00 PM   Rain or shine! Group B (operas 7-12, concert) Fort Greene Park, Visitors Center Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY 11205DIRECTIONS Randall Eng - Program Director Kelly Horsted - Music Director W. Wilson Jones - Stage Manager Composers / Librettists Brian Cavanagh-Strong / Ben Bonnema Ben Bonnema / Kathleen Wrinn Erato Kremmyda / Maggie-Kate Coleman Jonathan Russ / Lane Dombois Emily Rose Simons / Greg Moss Tek Goo Kang / Chandra McClelland Performances by Eric Brenner, countertenor Kamala Sankaram, soprano Deborah van Renterghem, soprano Jorell Williams, baritone

TICKETS:

Free and open to the public. Seating for May 7 is limited.

Reservations (May 7): https://parkandbarkmay7.eventbrite.com

Please note, some of the works on the program contain adult language.