FIRESONGS

National Sawdust at Chelsea Factory

Bare Opera Presents FireSongs

June 18, 2022 at 5:30 & 8:00 PM

Performance Time: 70 Minutes

Bare Opera’s FireSongs by Thomas Cabaniss is a song recital in motion. Moments of change that span lifetimes. A shared embodiment of poetry and song. There are moments of ignition, conflict, respite, and reckoning. Director Malena Dayen creates a multi-layered world of film, light, and images that surrounds the singers as they travel from here to the end.

Production Credits
Thomas Cabaniss, composer
Mel Marvin, co-composer (Wendell Berry songs)
David Rosenmeyer, music director
Malena Dayen, director
Troy Ogilvie, choreographer
Sangmin Chae, projections designer
Devin Cameron, lighting designer
Inna Dukach, singer
Shanelle Woods, singer
Eugenia Forteza, singer
David Charles Tay, singer
Chanan Ben Simon, singer
Marcelo Guzzo, singer
Anicet Castel, singer
Dura Jun, pianist

FireSongs is based on poems by Maya Angelou, W. H. Auden, Wendell Berry, Walt Hudgins, Douglas Langworthy, Evelyn Lowe, Josephine Pinckney, Tracy K. Smith, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mark Strand.

About Bare Opera
Winner of the "Best Independent Company 2020" Award from 360 of Opera, Bare Opera is a New York City-based company which has been making waves in the opera and theater communities since its founding in 2014. Bare Opera reimagines opera for today’s audience by producing immersive operas and concerts that challenge old stereotypes, cultivate the next generation of opera singers, and inspire love for the art form. Bare Opera seeks to reinvent the opera experience. Started by three women—Min Lew, Laetitia Ruccolo, and Kirsten Scott—the company has evolved its mission and broadened its artistic base since its founding. With minimalist, modern aesthetics, Bare Opera's exceptional emerging and established artists bring you the bare essentials of opera—a candid, innovative and immersive theatrical experience with breathtakingly beautiful music at its core. Taking place in unconventional spaces like galleries and warehouses, and incorporating other art mediums and technology, the company strips opera of its clichés and creates a visceral and intimate experience for audiences, experienced and new alike. Bare Opera is keeping opera alive in the 21st century, one fresh production at a time.

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Please plan to arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to the performance start time to allow for vaccination checks, security screenings, and seating.

Health and Safety Protocols
Chelsea Factory will be implementing the following procedures to help ensure the health and safety of our patrons, staff, and artists:

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination

• Masks worn at all times inside Chelsea Factory

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