Fisher Ensemble Sample

"Garrett Fisher and his first-rate team of collaborators [Christy Fisher, Choreographer; Thom Schramm, Librettist; Ken Cerniglia, Director; Puppets, Tori Ellison] throw a lot at you in his latest opera, a Greek-myth feast of song, dance spoken word, beats, electric viola, and elaborate puppet/costumes, writes The Seattle Weekly about this work, which tells the story of wrathful Aphrodites quest to ruin Psyche, a mortal who is considered to be more beautiful than even the Greek goddess herself. "Psyche takes the prize for disarming novelty[Fisher] freely mixes theatrical and musical traditions East and West and genres, breaking down barriers with abandon and considerable deftness. (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer).

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Music

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• psyche
• opera
• seattle
• fisher
• ensemble

[MistarPer]

Guess I'm not one for modern too-metaphorical-to-make-sense­ opera