Best-selling author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!, Orange World), composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone (indie band San Fermin), and director/choreographer Troy Schumacher (NYC Ballet) are bringing their unique talents together to create The Night Falls, a dance-driven blend of movement, opera, and musical theater. Currently in development at AOP, The Night Falls is a modern myth of isolation, despair, and the community we need to save us from the lure of the Sirens' fatal song.
On Thursday, May 13, AOP and The Center for Fiction will bring together these passionate artists as the latest guests to Note/Books, a series that showcases the transformation of fiction to opera. Joseph V. Melillo (BAM Executive Producer Emeritus) will moderate the in-depth look at the work’s unique chronology from prose to music to movement.
“Note/Books: The Night Falls”
presented by AOP and The Center for Fiction
May 13 at 7:30pm EDT
Running time: One hour
Admission: Free
The Night Falls -a dance opera was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, New New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Howard Gilman Foundation, Helen F. Whitaker Fund, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Funding for the creation The Night Falls was provided by BalletCollective. The Night Falls was developed during a Project Springboard: Developing Dance Musicals 2018 residency.
