New Works Forum 2014: Excerpt from Judgment of Midas

JUDGMENT OF MIDAS, an opera in two acts Music by Kamran Ince Words by Miriam Seidel Live performance excerpt: Act I, Scene II Conducted by Conrad Chu Piano/Assistant Conductor: Mila Henry Stage Manager: William Jones SOLOISTS Franny: Abigail Fischer Theo: David Schmidt Midas/Melik: David Gordon Pan: Jennifer Goltz Apollo: Philip Horst Timolus: Jeffrey Tucker CHORUS Sopranos: Hannah Fuerst, Heather Meyer Altos: Melissa Collom, Carla Jablonski Tenors: Leslie Tay, Adam Cromer Basses: Matthew Yohn, Frank Basile SCORE DETAILS and HISTORY Premiere: April 12, 2013 Milwaukee, WI; Helene Zelazo Center for the Arts (USA) • Present Music in collaboration with Milwaukee Opera Theatre; Conductor: Kamran Ince; Staging: Jill Anna Ponasik (concert staging) Commissioned work: Commissioned by Crawford Greenewalt, Jr. III, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Sardis excavations in Turkey. Cast: Melik/Midas (tenor) - Frannie (alto) - Theo (baritone) - Pan (coloratura soprano) - Tmolus (bass) - Apollo (baritone) - Nymphs and Animals Chorus: 2 soprano, 2 alto, 2 tenor, 2 bass Orchestration: pic.1.0.1.bcl.asax.tsax.1-0.2.2(2.btbn).0-2perc(crot, b.d, Turkish village drum, ratchet, darbuka, glsp, vib, tom-t, cym, mar, xyl, bender, gong, ney, kemence, ut, kanun, saz)-hp.pno-str Publisher: Schott Music Corporation Duration: 120' Composed: 2012 Performed as a part of the New Works Forum: Tuesday, January 14, 2014