The much-anticipated Chicago premiere of Paul Dresher's chamber opera The Tyrant at the Museum of Contemporary Art kicks off the Grammy-nominated Chicago Chamber Musicians' "Music of the Senses" themed contemporary music series Freshly Scored.
San Francisco composer Paul Dresher adapted Italo Calvino's short story The King Listens in 2006 as a multi-media chamber opera about a despot who is so paranoid of being overthrown, he refuses to leave his throne room and only experiences his kingdom through sound. But is it the outside world he hears or the aural manifestation of his own fears?
Tenor John Duykers - whose Chicago appearances include Galileo in Mary Zimmerman's Goodman Theater production of Philip Glass' opera Galileo Galilei as well as Vitek (The Markopolis Affair), Begearss (The Ghosts of Versailles), and Tannhauser (Tannhauser) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago - performs the title role.
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Matti Allison | Sun, 10/21/2007 - 10:55am
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