Tag: Arthur Fagen (conductor)

BETWEEN TWO WORLD (THE DYBBUK) An Opera in Two Acts (1994-97)

Based on the play “Tsvishn tsvey veltn (Der dibek): a dramatishe Legende in fïr akten” by S. Ansky (Schloyme-Zanvl ben Aaron Hacohen Rappaport) Libretto by Charles Kondek Commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago as part of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists’ Brena & Lee Freeman Sr. Composer-in-Residence program Premiere Production: June 20,…
Read more

ANNE FRANK – An Opera in Two Acts (2016–2022)

Based on Anne Frank: “The Diary of a Young Girl”Het Achterhuis Libretto by Charles Kondek PROGRAM NOTE Composer’s Notes on Anne Frank (as printed in the program book of the premiere performances by the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Opera and Ballet Theater in Bloomington, IN, on March 3, 4, 9, 10, 2023): Anne…
Read more