|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| |
In 1982, Richard Marshall produced and conducted the world premiere of Abelard and Heloise, an opera he had commissioned from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Robert Ward for the Charlotte Opera. Following.this production, Ward and Marhsall looked at the opera scene in North America where the works of American composers were almost totally ignored. In an effort to correct this imbalance, the Center for Contemporary Opera was founded, a company devoted entirely to assisting our American composers by offering professional performances of their works. Marshall moved to New York where where he established the company and where, for twenty years, he has devoted himself to building the organization, of which he is General and Artistic Director. With the CCO, he has produced and conducted 41 operas including 14 premieres in a company that has been called the established modern opera company in New York.
Richard Marshall was Head of Opera at the Boston Conservatory of Music, founder and Director of the New England Regional Opera in Boston and Head of Opera and Choral Music at the University of Buffalo. Dr. Marshall has produced and conducted over ninety operas and musical comedies. He was the first person to receive a Doctor of Music in Opera Conducting from Indiana University.
2005 Productions
Mario and the Magician
On April 29, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, the esteemed Center for Contemporary Opera, founded in 1982 by its General Director and conductor Richard Marshall, offered the professional premiere of composer Francis Thorne and poet and librettist J.D. "Sandy" McClatchy's short, turbulent opera, after Thomas Mann's 1929 novella, Mario and the Magician . The opera was given its world premiere by the Brooklyn College Opera Theater on March 12, 1994 and has received scant attention since, but, with Marshall presiding over singers and orchestra, it proved well worth reinvestigating.
John Cage / Kenneth Patchen
The City That Wears a Slouch Hat by John Cage and Kenneth Patchen. A stage production of what was originally a radio drama.
More Information for the Center for Contemporary Opera
For a complete overview and information on the productions for the 2003 season, please visit the Center for Contemporary Opera by clicking here.
Back to Top
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
