Mazzoli: 3 Arias from “Proving Up “

Description

• Composer: Missy Mazzoli (1980-)
• Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, Baritone
• Originally for: Opera
• Binding:
• Work Language: English
• Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
• Pages: None

Description

Arias:

• Prologue
• Queer Little Trees
• Got to Entice

These three arias are meant to be performed as a set, not individually.

Proving Up was commissioned by Washington National Opera at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director and first produced at the Kennedy Center during the 2017-2018 season.

Co-commissioners: Opera Omaha Miller Theater at Columbia University

Libretto: Royce Vavrek, based on the short story by Karen Russell. The Prologue’s text is from ‘Uncle Sam’s Farm’ by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. (19th-century)

Works:

• Prologue from Proving Up (2018)
• Queer Little Trees from Proving Up (2018)
• Got to Entice from Proving Up (2018)