First Glimpse 2022 - Imagine This Ruin
Music and Text by J.E. Hernández
Max Potter, mezzo-soprano
Mila Henry, piano
A lost soul questions the lack of humanity that can be brought on by being turned into a number.
Text:
Turn me into a number
Tell me another fucking fact
Please God, help me
I just want to be free
What does it mean to be turned into a number?
It is the greatest ruin that we can know
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.