POWERS OF TWO

AN ELECTROACOUSTIC OPERA BY BARRY TRUAX

 

CD 1

(including complete libretto, artist bio's and production photos in .pdf format)

1. POWERS OF TWO: REPETITION (SOCAN 23:26)

Catherine Campolin (soprano); Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano); Benoit Boutet & Marcel van Neer (tenors); Steve Maddock (baritone)

2. SEQUENCE OF EARLIER HEAVEN (1998), for two digital soundtracks (SOCAN 12:16)

3. POWERS OF TWO: THE SIBYL (SOCAN 24:18)

Fides Krucker (alto); Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano)

  Sound Example available

CD 2

1. POWERS OF TWO: THE ARTIST (SOCAN 24:00)

David Dong Qyu Lee (counter-tenor); Marcel van Neer (tenor)

2. SEQUENCE OF LATER HEAVEN (1993), for two digital soundtracks (SOCAN 13:48)

3. POWERS OF TWO: BEYOND (SOCAN 20:50)

Catherine Campolin (soprano); Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano); Benoit Boutet (tenor); Steve Maddock (baritone)

  Sound Example available  

SYNOPSIS

Reviewers' Comments:

Powers of Two, Barry Truax's third electroacoustic opera, and by far his most powerful, sophisticated, and developed ... promises to be a revolutionary media performance truly deserving of the term twenty-first century art. - Randy Raine-Reusch, Musicworks, 90, Fall 2004, p. 52.

Powers of Two is a project of epic proportions, with intricate layers of ancient, classical, and contemporary musical and cultural reference. - Kristiana Clements, Musicworks, 91, Spring 2005, pp. 51-52.

Powers of Two ... examines the influence of technologically created and reproduced beauty. Acts Two and Three of this two hour work are particularly captivating. Mezzo Fides Krucker and countertenor David Dong Qyu Lee give superb performances. Kudos to Truax for creating a thoroughly contemporary plot and pioneering a new generation of opera. - Stephanie Moore, Musicworks, 94, Spring 2006, p. 61.

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