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Phrenic Crush
Composer: Lisa Bielawa
Librettist: Eric Ehn
Other Artistic Personnel: Christine Sang, director/choreographer; Sharon Gong, designer
Original Cast: Antoine Garth, Julie Queen
Premiere Date: July 31, 1997
Producing Company: Haas Foundation Creative Works Fund
Description: Phrenic Crush concerns the history of tuberculosis in San Francisco from the 19th century to the present. Once a celebrated marker of romantic decay and febrile genius (LA BOHÈME, LA TRAVIATA), the disease is now attached to poverty, AIDS, the immigrant, and the pariah. Titu, a Filipina woman, has tuberculosis, but she lives for 200 years and has many husbands, most of whom die on their wedding night.
Length: 01:10
Total Acts: 1
Orchestration: vln, vla, perc, continuo org
Contact: Lisa Bielawa or Erik Ehn
Address: 100 Van Cortlandt Park S. #D23
Bronx, NY 10463
E-mail Address: Lbielawa@aol.com
Phone: 718-884-3348 or 415-995-2350

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