I have recently acquired several program books (or brochures) for performances (world, national or local premières) of contemporary operas in New York. Here they are :
- Jack Beeson :
Lizzie Borden, New York City Opera, March 6, 1999 ;
- Jack Beeson :
Sorry, Wrong Number, Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, May 25, 1999 (Elie Siegmeister's
Angel Levine was also performed in a double bill) ;
- Richard Danielpour :
Margaret Garner, New York City Opera, September 29, 2007 ;
- Carlisle Floyd :
Of Mice and Men, New York City Opera, October 14, 2003 ;
- Philip Glass :
The Juniper Tree, Alice Tully Hall, March 20, 2007 ;
- Elliot Goldenthal :
Grendel, New York State Theater, July 11, 2006 ;
- Osvaldo Golijov :
Ainadamar, Rose Theater, January 22, 2006 ;
- John Harbison :
The Great Gatsby, Metropolitan Opera, May 7, 2002 ;
- Lowell Liebermann :
Miss Lonelyhearts, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, April 26, 2006 ;
- Jost Meier :
The Dreyfus Affair, New York City Opera, April 2, 1996 ;
- Stephen Paulus :
Summer, Kaye Playhouse, June 19, 2002 ;
- Ned Rorem :
Our Town, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, April 23, 2008 ;
- Tan Dun :
The First Emperor, Metropolitan Opera, December 29, 2006.
I have added to the
flickr folder containing scans of the covers several programs I already had, for operas by John Adams, Lera Auerbach, Harrison Birtwistle, Philippe Boesmans, Charles Chaynes, Pascal Dusapin, Peter Eötvös, Graciane Finzi, Carlisle Floyd, René Gerber, Philip Glass, Hans Werner Henze, Marcel Landowski, Marius Felix Lange, György Ligeti, Olivier Messiaen, Marc Monnet, Krzysztof Penderecki, Steve Reich, Aribert Reimann, Wolfgang Rihm, Aulis Sallinen, Elzbieta Sikora, Oscar Strasnoy, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Iannis Xenakis and Bernd Alois Zimmermann.
I now have 346 program books for contemporary operas.
