In A Grove at MASS MoCA — Metropolis Ensemble

In a Grove AT MASS MOCA

In A Grove

Opera in development by composer Christopher Cerrone, librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, and director Mary Birnbaum

Saturday, October 12, 2019
MASS MOCA / 1040 MASS MoCA Way / North Adams, MA
8:00pm show
Tickets: $10 Students / $14 Advance / $23 Day Of / $30 Preferred

Based on the Japanese short story of the same name that was later adapted by Akira Kurosawa as his award-winning 1950 film Rashomon, In A Grove is an opera in development by composer Christopher Cerrone and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann.

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CHRISTOPHER CERRONE / COMPOSER

Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984) is internationally acclaimed for compositions characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations. Balancing lushness and austerity, immersive textures and telling… READ MORE

STEPGHANIE FLEISCHMANN / LIBRETTIST

Stephanie Fleischmann is a playwright and librettist whose texts serve as blueprints for intricate three-dimensional sonic and visual worlds. She has been called a “neo Emily Dickinson” (Backstage) and “a writer who can conjure something between a dreamy road… READ MORE

MARY BIRNBAUM / DIRECTOR

Mary Birnbaum, whose stage direction of opera and theatre New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini called “viscerally overwhelming” (Rape of Lucretia at Juilliard) and “genuinely insightful ... vibrant” (The Classical Style at Carnegie Hall), works both internationally… READ MORE

ANDREW CYR / MUSIC DIRECTOR

Grammy-nominated conductor Andrew Cyr, a “prominent influence in the world of newly emerging music” (Washington Post), is a leader in the rapidly growing contemporary music scene. His passion for creating new platforms for outstanding emerging composers and… READ MORE

JESSE HAN / FLUTE

New York based musician, Jessica Han (Jesse), is Principal Flute of Opera Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, NY, a member of Jazz Band, The Gil Evans Project and is a substitute musician for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Albany Symphony… READ MORE

AMY PETRONGELLI / SOPRANO

Lauded in the New York Times for her “admirable fluidity,” soprano Amy Petrongelli revels in singing music of all different periods and styles. She has fostered a diverse solo performance career that encompasses Haydn’s Creation in Carnegie Hall to Berio’s… READ MORE

IAN ROSENBAUM / PERCUSSION

Praised for his “excellent” and “precisely attuned” performances by the New York Times, percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum has developed a musical breadth far beyond his years. He made his Kennedy Center debut in 2009 and later that year garnered a special prize… READ MORE