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Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas

"exquisite darkness... whimsical lines... captivating experience." The Stranger
 
 


News

Dry and Dark

Christopher DeLaurenti, The Stranger, Oct 07, 2008

 

Water Music

Gavin Borchert, Seattle Weekly, Aug 27, 2008

 

A Water Opera Splashes in Seattle

Roxanne Ray, International Examiner, Aug 20, 2008

 

Sopping Wet Operas

Seattlest, Aug 15, 2008

 

Kidnapping Water

University Week, Aug 7-20, 2008

 

Radio Interview

Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas

Jeremy Richards, KUOW NPR, 12 Aug 2008

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

Program Notes
In August 2008, four pairs of singers and percussionists perform 64 Bottled Operas in rivers, lakes, fountains, and other waterways throughout the Pacific Northwest. Sometimes a photojournalist, videographer or sound recordist accompanies them. [More]
 
Creative Team
Composer Byron Au Yong
Media Artist Randy Moss
Librettists Eugenie Chan, Bret Fetzer, Aaron Jafferis, Archana Kumar, Carola Luther, Caroline Murphy, Vivian Umino, Edisa Weeks
Soprano Josie Davis
Mezzo Emily Greenleaf
Tenor Jeremiah Oliver
Bass-Baritone David Stutz
Percussionists Stuart McLeod, Dean Moore, Benjamin Morrow, James Whetzel
Project Manager Pike Pin
Audio Engineers Tom Stiles, CJ Lazenby
Costume Designer Emily Carlsen
Videographers Jean-Stephane, Eric Rockey
Research Erica Howard
Logo/CD Design Wing Fong
 
Past Performances / Support
Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas was performed as part of 4Culture's Site-Specific Performance Network and Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts in August 2008.

An installation was at the Jack Straw New Media Gallery from September 12 to November 21, 2008.

Special thanks to support from Creative Capital’s Multi-Arts Production MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.

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