Mostly Modern Projects & Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival present American Modern Ensemble in a program entitled “Kings, Giants and Robots,” with performances of Victoria Bond’s How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Not Very Direct, a new work by Hershel Garfein with words by Stanley Kunitz, and Robert Paterson’s The Companion, libretto by David Cote.
PROGRAM
VICTORIA BOND—How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct (puppet operetta)
HERSHEL GARFEIN—New Work, words by STANLEY KUNITZ
ROBERT PATERSON—The Companion (one-act opera from Three Way), libretto by DAVID COTE
AMERICAN MODERN ENSEMBLE
Geoffrey Andrew McDonald (Garfein and Paterson) & Victoria Bond (Bond), Conductors
Doug Fitch (Bond) & John de los Santos (Paterson), Directors
CAST
Ariadne Greif, Soprano
Glen Seven Allen, Tenor
Robert Wesley Mason, Baritone
Keith Phares, Baritone
Peter Van Derick, Baritone
Presented by Mostly Modern Projects & Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.