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Opera Double Feature: Stewart Copeland and Robert Paterson

  • Dixon Place 161 Chrystie St New York, NY, 10002 United States (map)

AME presents the world premieres of brand new orchestrations of Stewart Copeland's (from The Police) The Cask of Amontillado based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe, libretto by David Bamberger, and Robert Paterson's The Whole Truth, libretto by Mark Campbell, based on the short story of the same name by Stephen McCauley. Program includes a post-intermission onstage chat with Stewart Copeland, Mark Campbell, Stephen McCauley, and Robert Paterson. 

Blythe Gaissert, mezzosoprano
Christopher Herbert, baritone
Meredith Lustig, soprano
Robert Frankenberry, tenor

Walker Lewis, stage director
Tyson Deaton, conductor

Sato Moughalian, flute
Keve Wilson, oboe
Charles McCracken, bassoon
Robin Zeh, violin
Esther Noh, violin
Victoria Paterson, viola
Dave Eggar, cello
Roger Wagner, bass
Geoffrey Burleson, piano
Clara Warnaar, percussion