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Ricky Ian Gordon and Mark Campbell’s Rappahannock County to Premiere in 2011 Virginia Arts Festival

Ricky Ian Gordon
Ricky Ian Gordon

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Mark Campbell will debut a new musical work, Rappahannock County during the Virginia Arts Festival, in the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, Virginia, April 12-17, 2011.

This fictional song cycle is inspired by diaries, letters, and personal accounts from the 1860s. It has been co-commissioned in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, by Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond,
Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas in Austin, Virginia Arts Festival, and Virginia Opera.

Following the Norfolk performances, the musical will play in Richmond at the Modlin Center, September 9-16, and at the Texas Performing Arts in Austin, September 18-25.