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Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas is a site-responsive work available as Waterway Performances and a Sound/Light Installation.

In Summer 2008, four pairs of hiking singers and percussionists perform 64 Bottled Operas in rivers, lakes, fountains, and other waterways throughout the Pacific Northwest. (More)

 

Creative Team
Composer Byron Au Yong

Media Artist Randy Moss
Librettist 01-08 Aaron Jafferis
Librettist 09-16 Caroline Murphy

Librettist 17-24 Eugenie Chan
Librettist 25-32 Edisa Weeks
Librettist 33-40 Bret Fetzer
Librettist 41-48 Archana Kumar
Librettist 49-56 Vivian Umino
Librettist 57-64 Carola Luther

2008 Performers

Soprano Josie Davis

Mezzo Emily Greenleaf

Tenor Jeremiah Oliver

Bass-Baritone David Stutz
Percussionist Stuart McLeod
Percussionist Dean Moore
Percussionist Benjamin Morrow
Percussionist James Whetzel

2008 Crew

Project Manager Pike Pin
Audio Engineers Tom Stiles, CJ Lazenby
Costume Designer Emily Carlsen
Videographers Jean-Stephane, Eric Rockey
Logo/CD Design Wing Fong

Past Performances
Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas was performed as part of the Site-Specific Performance Network and the Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts in Summer 2008. The sound-light installation was exhibited at the Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Autumn 2008.

Support
Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas was created with support from 4Culture, the Jack Straw Foundation, and the Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.