Charlie Parker's Yardbird
Composer: Daniel Schnyder
Librettist: Bridgette A Wimberly
Company: New Orleans Opera Association
Performance Dates | |
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Friday, January 20, 2023 | |
Saturday, January 21, 2023 | |
Sunday, January 22, 2023 | Matinee |
Synopsis
New York City, 1955. As his body lies unclaimed in the morgue, saxophone great Charlie Parker returns in spirit to the jazz club Birdland, determined to compose a final masterpiece. Family and friends blend in and out of his memories in an acclaimed new opera that tells of his tortured, brilliant life “with a pulsing, jazz-infused score” (The New York Times).
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird was widely praised following its 2015 premiere. The Wall Street Journal said, “its rhythms snap and swing, its melodies – including real arias – seize the ear, its ensembles crackle with energy.”