2011, 2015
Angel’s Bone
— ca. 87 minutes
A chamber ensemble version was premiered at Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia,
Sep ‘11
( commissioned by the Mann Center Performing Arts, with funding by Philadelphia Music Project )
World Premiere Staging at the Prototype Festival 2016
In the Press
New York Times: Upcoming Classical Music
New York Times: Cutting-Edge Chamber Opera Festival to Offer Five Works
Angel’s Bone is to be expanded to a full evening opera, written for the Trinity Choir, and Trinity Baroque Orchestra to be premiered at Trinity Wall Street, as part of PROTOTYPE 2014.
( commissioned by Trinity Wall Street, with a partial production funding from the Lower Manhattan Council )
Angel’s Bone tells the story of two fallen angels who are found in a middle-class couple’s garden, who nurture the wounded cherubs back to health only to force them into prostitution to earn back their plucked feathers.
