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North American Works Directory Listing
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Reflections of the Watermoon
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| Composer: |
Patricia Burgess
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| Librettist: |
Patricia Burgess
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Wendall Beavers, Director; Ariane Smith, Dramaturgist; David Wilburn, Lighting Director; Rochelle Weithorn and Nicole Bryl, make-up
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| Original Cast: |
Amelia Earhart: Joan La Barbara,
Yeshe Tsogyel (Queen of Tibet, Hider of Treasures): Robin Sneider
Skeleton, Tibet's bones: Daniel Neer, Jackie Cochran, a pilot, colleague of Amelia's: Alexandra Sweeton, Mandarava, the cultured scholar: Catherine Gale, Drowa, an old yak herder: Beth Cullinane,
Machig, a powerful yogini and magician: Michal Cohen, Obum, a connoisseur of men: Amy Cervini
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| Premiere Date: |
May 01, 2003
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| Producing Company: |
Great East Productions
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| Description: |
Amelia crashes in the Pacific to an unexpected journey. On the wing of her plane magically appears the legendary Tibetan queen Yeshe Tsogyel who leads her beyond the confines of her conventional mind at that fluid point between life and death.
Eerie and incandescent, showing the dance of dreams, desires, and preconceptions that ensues when cultures collide; ^Reflections of the Watermoon` in a new opera for the 21st Century.
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| Musical Style: |
Eclectic; classical, jazz, world music
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| Contact: |
Patricia Burgess
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| Address: |
206 East 10th Street, Suite 4A
New York, NY 10003
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212-505-7891
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