Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt is an opera in one act by Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek and Mazzoli. It is inspired by the life of Swiss explorer and writer Isabelle Eberhardt.

The work was commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects and premiered in February 2012 at downtown New York venue The Kitchen.[1]

The work was initially written for mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer.[2]

Roles
Role Voice type Premiere cast, February, 2012
(Conductor: Steven Osgood)
Isabelle Eberhardt mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer

Productions

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times praised Mazzoli's score, calling it "seductive, meditative, spiritually elusive and subversive. With it, we can welcome a new natural for the art form."[10]

For The New York Times Steve Smith wrote that "in the electric surge of Ms. Mazzoli’s score you felt the joy, risk and limitless potential of free spirits unbound."[2]

Lauren Alfano of I Care If You Listen called it a "masterpiece of modern opera."[11]

References
  1. "Review: Song from the Uproar". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. "Crackling Vignettes From an Adventurer's Life". The New York Times. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. Waleson, Heidi (28 February 2012). "Staying in Character". Retrieved 1 December 2016 – via Wall Street Journal.
  4. http://www.laopera.org/DocumentsLAO/press/1516/LA-Opera_Song-from-the-Uproar_program.pdf
  5. "Song From the Uproar". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. "Song from the Uproar : Chicago Fringe Opera". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. "Song from the Uproar". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  8. "Song from the Uproar, performance details May 2018". Opera Ithaca. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. "Song from the Uproar". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. Swed, Mark. "Mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer overcomes all challenges in 'Song From the Uproar'". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  11. Alfano, Lauren (19 March 2012). "Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar: A Masterpiece of Modern Opera". icareifyoulisten.com. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
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