Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

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Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt is an opera in one act by Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek and Mazzoli. It is inspired by the life of Swiss explorer and writer Isabelle Eberhardt.

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The work was commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects and premiered in February 2012 at downtown New York venue The Kitchen. [1]

The work was initially written for mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer. [2]

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere cast, February, 2012
(Conductor: Steven Osgood)
Isabelle Eberhardt mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer

Productions

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times praised Mazzoli's score, calling it "seductive, meditative, spiritually elusive and subversive. With it, we can welcome a new natural for the art form." [11]

For The New York Times Steve Smith wrote that "in the electric surge of Ms. Mazzoli’s score you felt the joy, risk and limitless potential of free spirits unbound." [2]

Lauren Alfano of I Care If You Listen called it a "masterpiece of modern opera." [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Review: Song from the Uproar" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Crackling Vignettes From an Adventurer's Life". The New York Times. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Waleson, Heidi (28 February 2012). "Staying in Character". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Song From the Uproar" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Song from the Uproar : Chicago Fringe Opera" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Song from the Uproar" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Song from the Uproar, performance details May 2018". Opera Ithaca. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Song from the Uproar". YouTube . 8 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Song from the Uproar". Verdigrismusic.org . 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Swed, Mark (9 October 2015). "Mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer overcomes all challenges in 'Song From the Uproar'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Alfano, Lauren (19 March 2012). "Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar: A Masterpiece of Modern Opera". icareifyoulisten.com. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
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