Event Date

November 12, 2021 7:30 pm - November 13, 2021 7:30 pm

Location

Appalachian Theatre, Downtown Boone NC

Admission

Yes

APPALACHIAN OPERA THEATRE: MYTHS & HYMNS Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, Downtown Boone NC A PROGRAM OF THE APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY HAYES SCHOOL OF MUSIC Selections from MYTHS AND HYMNS by Adam Guettel Many of these songs are adapted from Greek myths and from lyrics I found in an old hymnal in a used bookshop. I used these dissimilar cosmologies as points of departure and discovered as I went along that they have a lot in common - a desire to transcend earthly bounds, to bond with something or someone greater. They seem to complement each other, reflecting different parts of us: the myths, our behaviors; the hymns, our prayers. —Adam Guettel, New York City 1999 As a facet of Appalachian Opera Theatre, the Opera Workshop course at the Hayes School of Music will present Selections from Myths and Hymns by Adam Guettel. Opera Workshop is made up of non-auditioned performers eager to share their talent on the stage. Included in the cast are nineteen singers, a piano, violin, guitar, and percussion who will perform, in English, solos and ensembles that possess the styles and influences of jazz, modern classical, and contemporary pop. As mentioned in the above quote, the songs are based on texts from mythological stories and lyrics from a hymnal which compliment each other not only in the general theme of a desire to transcend earthly bounds, but also in more specific themes that arise from the mythological stories. The songs are performed with minimal staging in a pseudo-cabaret style setting.

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