The Hunger Art
The Hunger Art is an opera in one act by Jeff Myers, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek after Franz Kafka.[1]
Written during Myers's residency at American Lyric Theater,[2] the opera was performed in concert at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Peter Norton Symphony Space in Manhattan, New York, on January 7, 2008.[3]
Roles and role creators
- Ivona, Amanda Pabyan
- Alfons, Thomas Wazelle
- Milos, David Korn
- Bronislav, Bryce Smith
- Butcher, Edwin Vega
Synopsis
The opera is a narrative hybrid of the Kafka's short story "A Hunger Artist" and a revisionist take on Adam and Eve.
References
- ↑ Jeff Myers Music
- ↑ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113785.html
- ↑ Chuck Cooper to Appear in Opera in Eden: Theater News on TheaterMania.com
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