Pre-Performance Artist Talk
An operatic forensic investigation-the creation and production of "The Priestess Of Morphine"
A Pre-Performance Artist Talk
The writings of Marie-Madeleine (pen name of Baroness Gertrud von Puttkamer, ) are full of ecstatic highs and terrible despairs, with sensational depictions of lesbian eroticism and narcotics. Likewise, her life contained both the heights of scandalous success in early 20th-century Germany, and her mysterious but tragic death in a Nazi sanitarium. Her rediscovery is a welcome revival, in the form of a 2016 publication, translating her works to English for the first time, which inspired the creation of "The Priestess Of Morphine", a chamber opera Rosśa Crean and Aiden Feltkamp. Subtitled "A Forensic Investigation Of Marie-Madeleine", the work uses powerful song and a twist on the monodrama format to explore her inner and outer worlds. What else does it mean to investigate such an individual through opera?
This pre-concert talk members of the creative team (and new music collective Sound Of Fools) in advance of a restaging of the opera at the International Museum Of Surgical Science on June 17 and 18th, in which they will discuss the process of bringing their forthcoming production, and Marie-Madeleine, to life.
Moderator: Ben Zucker
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Lyons has appeared in productions with numerous opera companies, as soloist with orchestra, and in recital. Most recently, she was seen as Azrael in Rosśa Crean’s The Harbingers, Lucia/Lucia II in Chicago Fringe Opera’s production of Hindemith’s The Long Christmas Dinner, to name only a few.
She has also partnered with her husband, Jordan Mandela, in presenting classical voice and guitar duo recitals.
An advocate for new opera, Bruton has been a part of many operatic premieres.
She also appears on the original recording of The Great God Pan by Rosśa Crean, which is also released on Navona Records, and was a member of the original cast with Chicago Fringe Opera.
Bruton also has a passion for art song, especially new art song. Her passion for art song extends to Russian art song, which she has performed consistently since Russian baritone Vladimir Chernov introduced her to the language and repertoire.
In her non-work time, Katherine enjoys cooking (and using her friends as testers for new recipes), coffee, snuggling with her cat Sunny, and buying things on Etsy.
Details
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
IL 60601 Chicago
Language: English
Price: Free Admission, Reservation required
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT MASKS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES.