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Missy Mazzoli: Song from the Uproar—The Lives & Deaths Of Isabelle Eberhardt
This multimedia opera premiere by celebrated Brooklyn composer Missy Mazzoli is a unique combination of live musical performance and original films, inspired by the life and writings of early-20th-century explorer Isabelle Eberhardt. With filmmaker Stephen Taylor, librettist Royce Vavrek, stage director Gia Forakis, and NOW Ensemble with mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer and a vocal ensemble of some of NYC’s finest singers.
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Instrumentals
The Kitchen dips into the Music Program archive and extends its envelope-pushing legacy to a new generation with this weekend of shared double bills. Featuring composers William Basinski and Tristan Perich on Friday evening followed up on Saturday with Mary Halvorson and her septet, with Arthur Russell collaborator and fellow composer Peter Gordon who will conduct a new reading for Russell’s Instrumentals.

