First Glimpse 2022 - Herzog
Music and Text by Paul Pinto
Aaren Rivard, tenor
Ron Robinson, piano
Herzog is an aria for tenor and piano in which our friend Werner voices his frustration with and triumph over a longtime collaborator.
Text:
I piss on your arrangements, Klaus
You wanted your movie
But I made my movie
And I made more money than god
Video - Chris Comfort
Audio - Craig Slon
Production Assistant - Joel Kalow
Recorded on location at South Oxford Space, Brooklyn, NY
Created in Cycle 11 of The American Opera Project’s “Composers & the Voice” Fellowship Training Program
C&V Artistic Director: Steven Osgood
Head of Music: Mila Henry
Head of Drama: Matt Gray
Music Directors: Mila Henry, Kelly Horsted, Ron Robinson
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Composers & the Voice is made possible in part by generous multi-year awards from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.