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Ausrine Stundyte as Cio-Cio-San, Elizabeth Janes as Butterfly’s child and Sarah Larsen as Suzuki in Seattle Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Photo by Elise Bakketun.
The Time To Begin
CD#: 3 - Track#: 1

 COMPOSER
Ben Moore
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The music of Ben Moore has been performed by Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn and Audra McDonald, and has been recorded on the EMI, SonyBMG and Warner Classics labels. His first opera, Enemies, a Love Story (libretto by Nahma Sandrow) was given a workshop with orchestra at Kentucky Opera in 2011 and was funded in part by a grant from OPERA America. His work has been heard at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Opera. In 2006, the Met’s farewell gala, broadcast nationally on PBS, for Joseph Volpe opened with his piece for Deborah Voigt and also featured a song for Susan Graham. Upcoming CDs include a recording of his three major song cycles, So Free Am I, Dear Theo and Ode to a Nightingale, to be released by Delos records. Moore’s work also includes musical theater, cabaret, chamber music and choral music.
LYRICIST
Text adapted from a letter by Giuseppe Verdi, tran original text

VOCALIST
Jesse Blumberg
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Baritone Jesse Blumberg is equally at home on opera, concert and recital stages; and performing repertoire from the Renaissance and Baroque to the 20th and 21st centuries. Recent highlights include roles at Minnesota Opera, Boston Early Music Festival and London’s Royal Festival Hall, and concerts with New York Festival of Song, American Bach Soloists and Mirror Visions Ensemble. Blumberg is also the founder and artistic director of Five Boroughs Music Festival in New York City. http://www.jesseblumberg.com<
PIANIST
Ben Moore
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The music of Ben Moore has been performed by Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn and Audra McDonald, and has been recorded on the EMI, SonyBMG and Warner Classics labels. His first opera, Enemies, a Love Story (libretto by Nahma Sandrow) was given a workshop with orchestra at Kentucky Opera in 2011 and was funded in part by a grant from OPERA America. His work has been heard at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Opera. In 2006, the Met’s farewell gala, broadcast nationally on PBS, for Joseph Volpe opened with his piece for Deborah Voigt and also featured a song for Susan Graham. Upcoming CDs include a recording of his three major song cycles, So Free Am I, Dear Theo and Ode to a Nightingale, to be released by Delos records. Moore’s work also includes musical theater, cabaret, chamber music and choral music.


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Spring 2013 Magazine Issue
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  • Of One: The Quest for Asian Fusion in the Opera House
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  • Inheriting the Wind
  • My First Time
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