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soprano Ani Maldjian and percussionist Stuart McLeod
Photo © 2008 Jean-Stephan
Up Next | Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas

64 mini-operas that have a curious relationship to the ancient Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes) performed in rivers, lakes, fountains, ravines, and other waterways in August 2008

Opera Singers
Emily Greenleaf, Ani Maldjian, Marcus Shelton, Karl Reyes

Water Percussionists
Stuart McLeod, Dean Moore, Benjamin Morrow, James Whetzel

Librettists
Eugenie Chan (San Francisco), Bret Fetzer (Seattle), Aaron Jafferis (New Haven), Archana Kumar (Chicago), Carola Luther (Yorkshire), Caroline Murphy (New York), Vivian Umino (Los Angeles), Edisa Weeks (Brooklyn)

   more Kidnapping Water info > 

Calendar
Event
Location
August 4, 9, 11, 16, 17, 18, 24, 26Site-Specific Performance Network
TBA
August 29-31Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts
DuPen Fountain
Seattle Center
September 12-October 10light/sound installation
created with Randy Moss

Jack Straw New Media Gallery
presented with support from 4Culture, Jack Straw Productions and MAP Fund

The Seattle Weekly describes Byron Au Yong as "more sensitive to natural sounds and the spiritual resonances of a place than perhaps any other local composer."


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