Trial Scene-Opium Song, Part II (from Brecht Suite by Eric Salzman)

Music: Eric Salzman; Text: Bertolt Brecht.
Performed by The New Tango Project: Laila Salins, vocalist; Bill Schimmel, accordion; Machiko Ozawa and Marc Levine, violins; Leo Grinhauz, cello.
From "Brecht Suite" - a cycle of songs and instrumentals based on a French-language production of The Good Person of Sechuan at the Théâtre du Trident in Quebec City, Canada, directed by Antoine Laprise.
Performed at The Cell, New York, NY on Dec. 4, 2009; produced by Center for Contemporary Opera. Video by Garlia Jones and Uga Grants, edited by Steve Simring.
"I used to believe that my intelligence would save me. I was an optimist back then. Today Im older and I see that I was wrong. Can intelligence really fight hunger? They say that old people lose hope. What they really want is time - and time flies by. They say that for young people all doors are open. Theyre open all right: onto the void Lets breathe in the black smoke and spit it out into the frozen skies. Soon enough, we, too, will disappear."

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• Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
• music theater
• Bertolt Brecht
• Good Person of Sezchuan
• Theatre du Trident
• Quebec City
• Canada
• cabaret
• chamber music accordion
• violin
• cello
• Laila Salins
• Laila Saliņa
• Bill Schimmel
• Machiko Ozawa
• Marc Levine
• Leo Grinhauz