New recordings (audio and video) of contemporary operas in my collection

Since August 2017, I have acquired the 36 following recordings of contemporary operas :

- Mark Adamo : Becoming Santa Claus, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume, directed by Paul Curran (The Dallas Opera), Blu-Ray ;
- Robert Aldridge : Sister Carrie, conducted by William Boggs (Naxos, American Opera Classics), CD ;
- Louis Andriessen : Theatre of the World, conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw (Nonesuch), CD ;

- Mason Bates : The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, conducted by Michael Christie, recorded in Santa Fe (Pentatone), CD ;
- Rupert Bawden : The Sailor's Tale, conducted by Gary Cheung (NMC Recordings), CD ;
- Philippe Boesmans : Pinocchio, conducted by Patrick Davin (cypres), CD ;

- Daniel Börtz : Backanterna, conducted by Kjell Ingebretsen (Caprice), CD ;
- Geoffrey Bush : Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, conducted by Simon Joly (Lyrita), CD ;
- Tom Cipullo : After Life, conducted by Mina Miller (Naxos, American Opera Classics), CD ;

- Brett Dean : Bliss, conducted by Elgar Howarth (ABC Classics), CD ;
- Carlisle Floyd : Wuthering Heights, conducted by Joseph Mechavich (Reference), CD ;
- Philip Glass : The Perfect American, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies (OMM - Orange Mountain Music), CD ;

- Philip Glass : The Trial, conducted by Michael Rafferty (OMM - Orange Mountain Music), CD ;
- Jake Heggie : Great Scott, conducted by Patrick Summers (Erato), CD ;
- Jake Heggie : It's a Wonderful Life, conducted by Patrick Summers (Pentatone), CD ;

- Mikko Heiniö : Eerik XIV, conducted by Leif Segerstam, directed by Erik Söderblom (Turku Music Festival), DVD ;
- Toshio Hosokawa : The Raven, conducted by Kentaro Kawase (Naxos), CD ;
- John Joubert : Jane Eyre, conducted by Kenneth Woods (Somm), CD ;

- Lori Laitman : The Scarlet Letter, conducted by Ari Pelto (Naxos, American Opera Classics), CD ;
- Michaël Levinas : Le Petit prince, conducted by Arie van Beek (Claves), CD ;
- Jukka Linkola : Robin Hood, conducted by Mikko Franck, directed by Lari Heiskanen (Alba), DVD ;

- Missy Mazzoli : Song from the Uproar - The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, conducted by Steven Osgood (New Amsterdam), CD ;
- Kate Miller-Heidke : The Rabbits, conducted by Isaac Hayward (ABC Classics), CD ;
- Luca Mosca : Signor Goldoni, conducted by Andrea Molino, directed by Davide Livermore (Dynamic), DVD ;

- Robert Paterson : Three Way, with the Nashville Opera conducted by Dean Williamson (AMR), CD ;
- Ned Rorem : Our Town, conducted by Gil Rose (New World), CD ;
- Edward Rushton : The Shops, conducted by Patrick Bailey (NMC Recordings), CD ;

- Kaija Saariaho : Only the Sound Remains, conducted by André de Ridder, directed by Peter Sellars (Erato), Blu Ray ;
- Eric Sawyer : Our American Cousin, conducted by Gil Rose (Boston Modern Orchestra Project), CD ;
- Robert Saxton : The Wandering Jew, conducted by André de Ridder (NMC Recordings), CD ;

- Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini : Edward II, conducted by Thomas Søndergård (Oehms), CD ;
- David Schiff : Gimpel the Fool, conducted by Kenneth Kiesler (Naxos, American Opera Classics), CD ;
- Alessandro Solbiati : Il Suono giallo, with the Teatro Comunal di Bologna conducted by Marco Angius, directed by Franco Ripa di Meana (EMA Vinci), DVD ;

- Gregory Spears : Fellow Travelers, with the Cincinnati Opera conducted by Mark Gibson (Fanfare Cincinnati), CD ;
- Conrad Susa : The Dangerous Liaisons, with the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, conducted by George Manahan (Albany), CD ;
- Alfons Karl Zwicker : Der Tod und das Mädchen, conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer (MGB - Musiques Suisses), CD.

I have catalogued all my collection of opera recordings on librarything.

May 11th, 2015 : world première of Tom Cipullo's new opera 'After Life' in Seattle

Today, Music of Remembrance presents the world première performance of Tom Cipullo's new opera, After Life, at the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall (Benaroya Hall) in Seattle, WA.

It is Cipullo's third opera, after Glory Denied (2007-2013) and Lucy (2009). Dutch composer Michel van der Aa composed an opera with the same title (first performed in Amsterdam in 2006), but it is not the same story.

The libretto by David Mason described the encounter between Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein at her appartment, 27 rue de Fleurus in Paris. Ricky Ian Gordon's recent opera 27 (released on CD by Albany), is located there and shows the same characters.

Picasso and Stein meet again in a posthumous debate filled with both passion and humor. They argue over the moral responsibilities of artists to address the evil they see in the world. They confront each others’ weaknesses, and their own, in succumbing to vanity and ego. (reproduced from the MOR website)

The three singers, mezzo Catherine Cook, baritone Robert Orth and soprano Ava Pine are joined by an instrumental quintett : flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. They are directed by Erich Parce.