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Two of the most compelling compositional voices to have emerged from Brooklyn in recent years are Missy Mazzoli and Corey Dargel, who each present their own brands of modern vocal music that are equally at home in the opera house, the concert hall and the performance-art space. OPERA NEWS spoke with...

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Published inOpera news Vol. 80; no. 4; p. 48
Main Author Wasserman, Adam
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Metropolitan Opera Guild, Incorporated 01.10.2015
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Music
Musicians & conductors
Opera
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Summary:Two of the most compelling compositional voices to have emerged from Brooklyn in recent years are Missy Mazzoli and Corey Dargel, who each present their own brands of modern vocal music that are equally at home in the opera house, the concert hall and the performance-art space. OPERA NEWS spoke with both composers this summer. * OPERA NEWS: When you're composing a piece such as Vespers for a New Dark Age or a song cycle such as Thirteen Near-Death Experiences, how conscious are you of the history of those particular forms? MM: Or maybe there's some sort of unlikely juxtaposition of two elements from different parts of the opera that illuminate something that's happening inside the character's head.
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ISSN:0030-3607
1938-1506