Oceanic Verses-a folk opera
A Folk Operaby VisionIntoArt co-founder and director, Paola Prestini. Commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Official Selection New York City Opera VOX 2010, excerpts performed on 21c Liederabend 2011 at the Kitchen with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Oceanic Verses is currently being expanded from a 35′ oratorio to an evening length production to premiere at the Kennedy Center and River to River summer 2012 and the Barbican Centre with the BBC orchestra.
ilm by Ali Hossaini. Libretto by Donna Di Novelli.
OCEANIC VERSES follows four separate arcs as a Sailor (folksinger Claudio Prima) casts his net for lost songs; a Scholar (improviser Helga Davis) investigating immigration loses a suitcase filled with research; a Peasant (soprano Hila Plitmann) seeks a better life for her future children; and a Soldier (Chris Burchett) crawls over land to bury what he loves. All four characters are joined by their yearning to uncover a fading past in Southern Italy.
Commissioned by VisionIntoArt; produced by Beth Morrison Projects.