Alchemical Opera Project

Alchemical Opera Project A rapidly aging art form in a mercurial world, opera is fragmenting and developing along different paths.

Alchemical Opera Project's goal is the creation of new, more vulnerable forms of opera theatre - intimate aural and visual spectacles developed through the alchemical reaction of operatic vocalism with poetry, movement, and design. One path is a progression towards smaller scale works, a clear consequence of economics but also of people's desire for close connection in their culture. In the pursui

t of a unique performer-audience relationship, Alchemical Opera Project creates work using both essentialized forces and content. Alchemical Opera Project's works are conceived for solo vocal performer with instrumental accompaniment. This reduction to the vital allows for an exploration of what is opera's fundamental essence: the ability of the voice to express with immediacy the depth of human experience. Alchemical Opera Project believes in the autonomy of musical artists to dialogue with canonized musical material, to break its structure, and transform it. Music is used as source material in movement based improvisation, the cornerstone of Alchemical Opera Project's creative process; as a result, the music is metamorphosed in it's developing relationships to action and story. Text and melodies appear in works both in their original and enhanced forms. In the final stages of development, musical collaborators then work together with initial creators to create accompaniment and musical form. Space and landscape are critical to the design of Alchemical Opera Project's work. Productions develop in each of their iterations to fit the space in which they are performed. The environment affects design, but also narrative and content. The portability and mutability of the works is critical, as it adds to the complexity of the works themselves in their long-term development.

08/29/2011

The Ginger Ambition Tour is complete! SUCCESS! Now, back to Toronto for a little vacay!

08/26/2011

Come and Sleep, 7pm at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Minneapolis' uptown. Dominant color of theater: RED. Say no more.

08/24/2011

We made it to Minneapolis. A couple of wonderful days with the best of friends, and then two more shows :)

08/22/2011

Edmonton Fringe: CONQUERED. Now, eastward ho!!

08/21/2011

Final performance of Come and Sleep at the Edmonton Fringe! 2:30pm today. Final performance also = final flyering! WOO!

08/19/2011

Gave the noon show the typewriter scene of their lives. Fox was PI**ED today.

08/17/2011

Showsshowshows!!! Theatre-seeing day before my parent's get in town. Also trying to turn this review into a marketing tool for tonight's late night performance!

Edmonton Journal gave "Come and Sleep" Four Stars!!
08/17/2011

Edmonton Journal gave "Come and Sleep" Four Stars!!

A man lies on a bed of leaves. Behind him, a woman makes entreating noises on a cello. He begins to sing, at first in small bits, Schubert’s Winterreise.

08/16/2011

Edmonton, skip your siesta! Come and Sleep will be performed today at 4:30pm at the Fringe Festival.

08/15/2011

Performance at 8:15 tonight! Folks from Edmonton Opera will be there to see the fox opera of the century. I mean, other than Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr. Fox.

08/14/2011

Day-off at Edmonton Fringe!! By day-off, I mean outreach, show-watching, and eating delicious Opa Calamari Salad.

Address

4 Carol Avenue
Easthampton, MA
01027

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 8am - 10am
Sunday 12pm - 4am

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