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Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2012John Cage's 'Europera 5' at the Burchfield Penney on Friday, October 12, at 8:00 p.m.
Join the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State for a performance of John Cage's Europera 5 on Friday, October 12, at 8:00 p.m. in the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium, part of M&T Second Friday at the Burchfield Penney.
Europera 5 (1991) was John Cage's last and most portable opera. It is a collage scored for two singers, each singing five arias of their own choosing from the standard opera repertoire. A pianist "accompanies" them by playing six different opera transcriptions. They are joined by a single 78 rpm Victrola player, playing six historical opera recordings and a performer playing a prerecorded tape, plus the use of a radio and a silent television.
This performance features Martha Herr (soprano), Tom Kostusiak (lighting), Don Metz (Truckera tape), Amy Williams (piano), Jan Williams (78 rpm Victrola), and Robert Zimmerman (tenor).
Tickets are $5 for Burchfield Penney members, $15 for "not yet" members, and may be purchased online or by phone at ext. 6011 during gallery hours.
More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website.
Friday, October 12, 2012
