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Cheers!
Tudo de bom!
joão
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Correio Brasiliense, December 17th, 2012. Mariana Moreira:
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Correio Brasiliense - Brasilia
Arte Institute - Sao Paulo, Lisbon
More about the opera: plasticflowerstheopera.com
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Thank you to all who came to the concert première of Plastic Flowers.
Thank you to all who could not come but were present in spirit, with their positive energy.
Thank you specially to all our backers who made this production possible.
It was a wonderful journey to write, rehearse and record this music.
The full recording is now available for listening and purchase.
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Thank you to the wonderful team who collaborated on this project:
We had some amazing moments in this première:
Left to right: Han Chen, Abby Powell, Luigi Porto.
David Del Tredici, Jeff Roth and Peter Schepper, before concert.
Preview at David Del Tredici’s residence.
Plastic Flowers – Concert Premiere at Baruch College.
A limited edition of the physical CD is already in the press and will soon be available for backers and as a companion to orders of the vocal score book.
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We posted a link to the audio recording from last night’s première. Exclusive to our Kickstarter backers.
The Penelope Factory. Photo by Alexandra Filipe
We are all very happy about the performance last night.
Thank you all who came, and those who are supporting us in the distance, you are fantastic!
Awesomeness Thank you to Abby Powell, Han Chen, Luigi Porto, Alexandra Filipe, Simona DeFeo, George J Lee, Junia Flavia d’Affonseca, Britney Crosby, David Del Tredici, Samuel Zyman, Angellos Ioannis Malefakis, Neil Rynston.
I was very happy with the performance, it was emotional, it was real. The performers displayed their expertise at a very high artistic level. I have heard the recording all the way through and I am glad to be able to share it. It is a picture, true to the moment.
Today we can fix anything in the studio, any song can be photoshop-perfect, we will do that for you. Right now this audio is about the perfect emotion of the moment. In a way this has something to do with the theme of the opera. This mp3 file is like a garden flower, it may not last forever, but it made me very happy today. I want to share that.
Joao
More at: www.plasticflowerstheopera.com
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This is just the first step, after the music is all recorded and fully revised on the score book, then we will pursue the fully staged version.
A staged version of Plastic Flowers will be a lot of fun, we want to make it into an immersion experience. As in an art installation, and you will walk into the universe of Penelope.
We had an amazing preview performance at David Del Tredici’s residence.
www.plasticflowerstheopera.com
Plastic Flowers for David Del Tredici
Introducing young virtuoso pianist Han Chen who will be performing the demanding piano part of Plastic Flowers.
Han Chen has impressed everyone on the Plastic Flowers creative team with his technical skills, precise sight-reading of complex passages and true romantic expression. Han Chen is an undergraduate at Juilliard School of Music, and we are lucky to have him in this production. I believe he is a pianist who will leave a mark on his generation.
Han Chen is also a remarkable composer; his understanding of contemporary music makes him an ideal collaborator for this production. He can vary his piano interpretation from fluid and romantic to precise and mechanical, and all the gradations in between, according to the dramatic needs of the musical moment in the opera.
This young pianist was chosen after a very competitive audition process. It was not an easy choice. He was the most impressive pianist we heard, as well as an easy and humble personality, always pleasant to be around.
Please take a moment to check Han Chen‘s website:
www.hanchenpiano.com
Please check our Kickstarter Campaign:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joaomacdowell/plastic-flowers-chamber-opera-concert-recording
More about Plastic Flowers:
www.plasticflowerstheopera.com
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This is the posters that backers can get on top of the CD and DVD, if you support our kickstarter campaign.
We have already sent out the posters to be printed, they should be arriving here towards the end of the week. Yes!
They will be 12 by 18 inches, and we chose to make them with glossy recyclable paper and printed on a green facility with eco-friendly inks which do not put off harmful VOCs. Nice.
I am getting a silver marker to sign it on the black corner. 
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We just launched our Kickstarter campaign for the new Opera Plastic Flowers!
Be an investor on this new work and have a chance to own some unique collector’s items!
Abby Powell as Penelope on Plastic Flowers Music Video
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We are happy to tell that, after a period of auditions when we had a chance to listen to some amazing Mezzo-sopranos from NY, we have finally chosen Abby Powell to portray the lead role of Penelope in the Concert Premiere of Plastic Flowers to take place in mid December in New York City.
Abby Powell cast as Penelope Plastic Flowers
This was not an easy decision, at the end of the process we had many amazing singers who would each have made a great Penelope. Many thanks to all the performers who took the time to audition, we really appreciate your efforts. We will keep your names on file and your voices in our memories for future productions.
Congratulations to Abby Powell, who will be bringing this piece to life with a very personal interpretation of the character.
More info about the production at:
www.plasticflowerstheopera.com
