R. B. Schlater “Opera: Alcina”
WHITE BOX
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Open rehearsals | September 6-18th | 11am-6pm
General Rehearsal | September 18th | 7pm
Performances | September 20th & 21st | 7pm
Whitebox Art Center presents the work of opera director R. B. Schlater as part of WhiteboxLab: SoundLounge, a series of unconventional works. For two weeks, Whitebox’s main exhibition space will be a laboratory for the rehearsal and performance of an operatic score, culminating in two performances of George Frideric Handel’s Alcina, an 18th century baroque opera. This theatric installation uses the opera seria, or “serious opera”, Alcina (1735) as source material. The libretto, L’Isola d’Alcina (1728) is by Riccardo Broschi, based off of Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando Furioso. Alcina is a story of love and illusion that premiered during Handel’s remarkable hit season at the Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1735, and is regarded as one of his most inventive and melodic musical scores.
WhiteboxLab: SoundLounge and R. B. Schlather respond to the changing landscape of operatic performance in New York City and around the world by staging this work in an untraditional opera venue. As a laboratory, WhiteboxLab: SoundLounge is delighted to open all musical and staging rehearsals, September 6-18, prior to the General Rehearsal on September 18th at 7pm and the final productions on September 20th and 21st at 7pm, with a talkback following the final performance.
This program will be free and open to the public daily, except for Thursdays, from 11am to 6pm. For the final performances, the opera will be enacted live with an orchestra, in Italian, utilizing new technologies with projected English subtitles.
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from September 06, 2014 to September 21, 2014
Closed on Thursday. See description for detail.