Street Scene for the Last Mad Soprano
7:30 PM Thursday May 21
and a matinee on
2:00 PM Sunday May 24
Where: Abbie’s Studio Theater
114 Los Pandos, Taos, NM
Abbie Conant: Performance Artist
William Osborne: Music, text, and direction.
Abbie Conant and William Osborne
Tel. 575-240-4913
The performance in FREE and all are welcome.
Our studio is a fully equipped black box theater that can seat up to 60. We present work at the highest professional level and have performed in over 200 cities in Europe and the USA. Two doctoral dissertations have been written about our music theater work. Our studio:
About Street Scene
Imagine a singer living among the dumpsters behind the Metropolitan Opera House. Tomorrow is her big audition there--if only she could think of what to sing. Immersed in 5.1 surround sound, she colors her world with opera excerpts, grandiose Swan Songs and wild escapades on her trombone--but as she prepares for her final big audition, we see that the brutality of the street has long since caused the borderlines between real life and opera to blur.
Street Scene explores the belief that cultural identity is necessary for survival, that it is a way of confronting our human condition. We examine the stereotyped ways women are portrayed in opera, especially the violence they suffer, and address relevant themes such as homelessness and domestic violence. Come see an entirely unique music theater production you won't forget. Photos:
Park near Smith's gas station and walk a short distance up Los Pandos.
