| Mira J. Spektor's "Lady of the Castle" - Post-Holocaust Chamber Opera at Scandinavia House - Nov 25 & 27 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:52 am EST 11/21/17 | |
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| The Aviva Players and Algonquin Theater Productions in association with Diodati Productions, Original Cast Records and The New York Association Present Lady of The Castle A Ghostly Post-Holocaust Chamber Opera Based on a True Story & An Israeli Play by Lea Goldberg Music and Lyrics by Mira J. Spektor Directed by Lissa Moira Music Direction by Alberto Nevada Lozano November 25 @ 8pm & November 27 at 7pm Victor Borge Hall at Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue in New York City Tickets: SmartTix.com. 212-868-4444 Direct ticketing link: http://tix.smarttix.com/Modules/Sales/SalesMainTabsPage.aspx?ControlState=1&SalesEventId=6987&DC= Tickets are $25. Runtime: 75 minutes (no intermission) The Aviva Players and Algonquin Theater Productions in association with Diodati Productions, Original Cast Records and The New York Association present Lady of the Castle, a ghostly post-Holocaust chamber opera based on a true story and an Israeli play by Lea Goldberg with music and lyrics by Mira J. Spektor. Lissa Moira directs a cast of four, including Darcy Dunn, Douglas McDonnell, Bennett Pologe, and Amanda Yachechak. Two performances will be staged at theVictor Borge Hall at Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue in New York City, November 25th at 8pm an November 27th at 7pm. Relevant to today's anti-refugee, anti-semitic political climate, Lady of The Castle is set in 1947 after the Holocaust. Is there a young Jewish girl still hidden in the old castle? Based on a true story and Lea Goldberg’s Israeli play, Lady of the Castle is a chamber opera about illusion, reality, love, betrayal, death and hope. Originally commissioned and presented by Theater for the New City in 1982, Lady of The Castle has enjoyed over ten productions internationally. It has been staged in New York off-Broadway and at the JCC, on Long Island and in Massachusetts, in Berlin with support of the Anne Frank Foundation, and in London at Saint Giles Cripplegate Church in the Barbican Center as part of the Festival of Austrian Jewish Culture - produced with the artistic supervision of conductor David Josefowitz. The London concert version is available on Original Cast Recordings. Lady of the Castle was also seen on television in New York and DC. The New York Association is a non-governmental organization associated with the United Nations, Department of Public Information. A three-piece chamber orchestra includes, Piano: Alberto Nevada Lozano; Flute: Michael Laderman; Cello: Brian Sanders. Lady of The Castle is presented by The Aviva Players in association with Scandinavia House. Director: Lissa Moira; Music Director: Alberto Nevada Lozano; Choreographer: Amanda Yachechak; Sets and Costume Designer: Lytza Colon. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by visiting SmartTix.com or calling 212-868-4444. Composer/lyricist/poet Mira J. Spektor has written chamber music, chamber operas & musicals, including The Housewives' Cantata (lyrics by June Siegel), Lady of the Castle (based on Lea Goldberg's Israeli play), The Passion of Lizzie Borden (poems by Ruth Whitman), Villa Diodati (about Mary Shelley, lyrics by Colette Inez, Byron & Shelley) and Giovanni the Fearless (A Commedia del’Arte with book & lyrics by Carolyn Balducci); recital & cabaret songs and music for theater, film and TV; two books of poems, “From Seaside Houses” and "The Road to November”. She has recorded for Concert Hall, Westminster and Guilde International du Disque, Original Cast Records, Capstone and AirPlay. Her Chamber Opera, Villa Diodati, is now a Chamber-Opera/Film from Banks Street Films & Albany Records. Her music scores (Georgina Press - BMI) include the feature film Double Edge (Faye Dunaway) and PBS documentaries, Art in Its Soul and Serious Comics. Her CDs include: The Housewives’ Cantata, Lady of the Castle, Mira Chante/French Love Songs, and Lullabies & Lovesongs. She is the Founder and has been the Artistic Director of The Aviva Players since 1975. She is also a member of BMI, Dramatist Guild, Opera America, League of Professional Theater Women. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and then studied at Mannes College and Juilliard School. Some quotes from The New York Times: ”An interesting composer”. “Attractive and tonal”. “A passionate duet”. "A sprightly songfest." Audio samples of Ms. Spektor's music as well as contact information can be found at www.miraspektor.com. Lissa Moira (director) AEA, SAG, AFTRA is also a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, poet and artist. She more recently directed Seymour’s Barab’s In Questionable Taste, The Elephant Pen, Speakeasy: John and Jane’s Adventures in the Wonderland, and a 35-person cast in Nicholas Nickleby: A New Musical at Theatre for the New City, an adaptation by the late Robert Sickinger. Out of 5,000 world-wide submissions, Ms. Moira’s play TIME IT IS was chosen as a top ten finalist in the prestigious Chesterfield/Paramount screenwriting competition. Ms. Moira’s 2007 play Before God Was Invented was an American nominee for the Susan Brownell-Smith International Playwrights Award. Ms. Moira co-wrote “Dead Canaries,” a feature film starring Charles Durning, Dan Lauria, Dee Wallace Stone and Joel Higgins. With co-writer Richard West, Lissa’s well known for Sexual Psychobabble and The Best S*x of the XX Century Sale. Both ran over a year and each enjoyed critical and popular success. The Moira/West team’s DaDa noir musical, Who Murdered Love? featured Broadway’s Luba Mason and Tracy McDowell as well as William Broderick. It originated at Theater for the New City and ran at the Players Theatre as part of the 2012 FringeNYC (Ms. Moira directed as well). Other directing/co-writing credits include Sirens Heart: Norma Jeane and Marilyn in Purgatory (which enjoyed a 14-month Off-Broadway run at The Actor’s Temple), and Tom Jones a new musical (Bloomberg Radio declared the directing “beautiful, fine and fresh”). Of her directing work on Cocaine Dreams, a play about Freud at The Kraine Theatre, the New York Post raved “inspired.” Alberto Nevada Lozano (music director) music directing/piano credits include: The Gold (NYMF 2016); Godspell, Company, Next to Normal, Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors (MJR Theatricals); Little Women, Godspell (A.D. Players); and Orfeo ed Euridice, La tragédie de Carmen and La clemenza di Tito (Opera in the Heights). Jesse also wrote the book, music and lyrics to Hot Diggity!, a musical comedy about the competitive eating world, which was recently workshopped by the Music Box Theater in Houston, Texas. |
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