Royce Vavrek
@rvavrek
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Opera librettist “who has shaken up the timid, backward-looking business of American opera.” (or so says Alex Ross) #breakingthewaves #angelsbone #jfkopera
New York City
Joined February 2009
RT @HouGrandOpera: How far will you go for love? 🌊. Toi Toi Toi to the incredible cast of Breaking the Waves ahead a fantastic Houston prem….
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RT @HouGrandOpera: Calling all film buffs! 🎬📽️🍿 Get ready for our spring production of Mazzoli & Vavrek’s Breaking the Waves with a Lars vo….
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RT @GMTWP: Tomorrow through Sunday: @OperaPhila premieres THE LISTENERS, with a libretto by Cycle 16's @rvavrek.
operaphila.org
Composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek follow up on their acclaimed 2016 world premiere Breaking the Waves with a thriller about the seductive power of cults and charismatic leaders in a...
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RT @LidiyaConductor: So, how *should* we support our creators? To find out, read my @ClassicalMusic_ article on operatic innovation. http….
classical-music.uk
With funding for new work an ever-shrinking resource, conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya tailors her approach to the budget available and – along with her peers - makes the case for experimentation in opera
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RT @mezzo_tv: Ce soir à 21h sur MEZZO LIVE ! Karlsson : Melancholia à l'Opéra Royal de Suède - @KungligaOperan.Mise….
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RT @Murray_Nichol: Alberta-born, Brooklyn-based Royce Vavrek often laces contemporary issues throughout his wide oeuvre | @globeandmail….
theglobeandmail.com
Ahead of the Toronto debut of Angel’s Bone, The Globe and Mail speaks with the Alberta-born librettist about bringing newcomers to opera, and where opera and social issues meet
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RT @RickyIanGordon: Now available for pre-order @ Amazon.#fsgbooks, #stephensondheim, #jonimitchell, #TonyKushner, #adamguettel, #lauranyro….
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RT @jonnicholls: Toi Toi Toi to cast & crew of @missymazzoli & @rvavrek’s extraordinary opera #breakingthewaves, directed by @tommozzer rec….
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RT @HouGrandOpera: Need some new holiday music to add to your playlist? 🎄🎶 Subscribe to @AppleClassical today and find two holiday operas f….
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RT @missymazzoli: Thank you Andrew Norman for supporting @lunacomplab! All donations to our year-end campaign will help unlock a $10,000 ma….
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RT @singinganagram: If you could not attend Mermaid in the Jar (libretto by @rvavrek) locally, a free stream will be available here 11/30-1….
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RT @GSchirmer: Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music announced the next workshop in their joint program,….
broadwayworld.com
Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) have announced the next workshop in their groundbreaking joint program, Opera Fusion: New Works.
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RT @WMClassical: Next Thursday @operwuppertal will give the Dutch premiere of @duYun and librettist @rvavrek's compelling opera 'Angel's Bo….
muziekgebouw.nl
Uniek en eenmalig in Nederland te zien: opera van Du Yun over mensenhandelDu Yun
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RT @BTCincyRob: Cincinnati Opera and CCM to Workshop LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, a New Opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, through Opera Fus….
behindthecurtaincincy.com
Based on George Saunders’s award-winning novel, the work has been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera The Opera Fusion: New…
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RT @HarrisonParrott: In the world premiere of Melancholia tonight, Anne Sofie von Otter creates the role of Gaby in Mikael Karsson’s Lars V….
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RT @sandraveinberga: Depression collides with doomsday when Lars von Trier's blockbuster "Melancholia" becomes a newly written opera this f….
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RT @ViaTT_se: Kungliga Operan: World premiere of Melancholia, a groundbreaking opera experience on the road to a comforting doom https://t.….
via.tt.se
Based on Lars von Trier's blockbuster film, created by composer Mikael Karlsson and librettist Royce Vavrek. With great international voices in the lead roles, a complex and innovative soundscape is...
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RT @MKouyoumdjian: Hope to see some of you at @banffcentre for a workshop presentation of my opera ADORATION with @rvavrek 🎉.
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