Fresh Voices VI

Goat Hall Productions presents the sixth edition of it’s Fresh Voices series, its annual festival of new theater music. The only event of its kind on the local music scene, Fresh Voices showcases new works by Bay Area composers and librettists, complete or excerpted–not just readings but staged productions.

Fresh Voices VI spans two weekends, each offering a different menu of operas:

Program A
Pipers & Puppets part A
May 18, 7:30 PM; May 19 – 20, 8:00 PM

Leonardo’s Notebooks
Music and libretto by Lisa Scola Prosek
Directed by Jim Cave

Amok Time
Music and words by Steven Clark

Dear Composer
Music and words by John Beeman
A four-minute opera

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Music and libretto by Mark Alburger

Program B
Pipers & Puppets part B
May 25, 7:30 PM; May 26 – 27, 8:00 PM

Eye Eye Sailor
Music and words by Steven Clark and Michael Wertz

The Music Department
Music and words by Alan Crossman

Cats, Dogs, & Divas
Music by Mark Alburger, words by Harriet March Page

Joan of Arc: Fear of the Fire (scene from Act III)
Music and words by John Partridge
Directed by Bill Sevald

Tales of the Cultural Revolution and The Fashion God
Music and words by Brian Holmes

Brigid, Fiery Arrow
Music by Connie Tyler