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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.
An Opera House
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 COMPOSER
Robert Rodriguez
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Music by Robert Xavier Rodríguez has had over 2000 operatic and orchestral performances by conductors such as Antal Dorati, Neville Marriner, Raymond Leppard and Leonard Slatkin, and organizations such as New York City Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna Schauspielhaus, Cleveland Orchestra and the Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Saint Louis, National, Boston and Chicago Symphonies.  He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Goddard Lieberson Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Prix Lili Boulanger and the Prix de Composition Prince Pierre de Monaco. Rodríguez has served as composer-in-residence with the San Antonio Symphony and the Dallas Symphony.  Fifteen CDs featuring his music have been recorded (1999 GRAMMY nomination), and his works are published exclusively by G. Schirmer. He holds an endowed chair at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he is director of the Musica Nova Ensemble.
LYRICIST
Amy Lowell

VOCALIST
Rebecca Duren
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Described by The New York Times as having a “clear, bright soprano,” Rebecca Duren is often praised for her charming presence on the operatic stage. Highlights include engagements with Ente Concerti in Italy performing Purcell’s Dido and Aneas, numerous appearances with American Opera Theater, including the role of Jonathas in M.A. Charpentier’s David et Jonathas and as Galatea in Acis + Galatea: A Circus Opera. As a soloist, Duren has appeared with Firebird Orchestra, The Grand Tour Orchestra, Barefoot Baroque, Miami Bach Society, Musica Nova and has appeared as a guest artist with the Indiana University New Music Ensemble.
PIANIST
Jeff Lankov
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Jeff Lankov is a pianist dedicated to the works of living composers and American music, particularly as it relates to the synthesis of popular and classical forms. He has been described as “a fearless musician,” and “a pianist of great passion and verve.” Upcoming projects include the Carnegie Hall premiere and recording of the complete piano works of Robert Xavier Rodríguez, the complete piano works of John Adams, and avant-garde arrangements of works by The Beatles, Radiohead and Gershwin. Lankov received a Ph.D. from New York University. http://www.JeffLankov.com


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Spring 2013 Magazine Issue
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  • Inheriting the Wind
  • My First Time
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From Airport:
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(not including tip).
  • JFK - Take the AirTrain ($5 - approx. 15 minutes) to the Jamaica Street Station and transfer to the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). Take the LIRR to Penn Station ($12 - approx. 35 minutes). See Penn Station directions below.
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Take the Train to the 28th Street stop and walk north on 7th Avenue.
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The building is on the same block as the train stop.

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