News - FeaturedNewshttp://artsongs.com/news/2019-08-25T23:00:19ZSquarespaceUpcoming production of The Three Feathers in Singaporehttp://artsongs.com/news/upcoming-production-of-the-three-feathers-in-singapore.htmlLori Laitman2019-07-03T14:15:05Z2019-07-03T14:15:05ZL'Arietta Productions will be producing the abridged version of The Three Feathers from November 18-24, 2019 under the artistic direction of Akiko Otao Larietta. This will mark the first time an opera composed by a woman will be performed in Singapore! 

Commissioned by the Center for the Arts at VA Tech, the opera is a re-telling of a Grimm's fairy tale by poet Dana Gioia. The story presents a young female protagonist, Princess Dora, as its hero. A magic feathers leads the shy, self-doubting princess to an enchanted Underworld ruled by a giant Frog King. Here she summons her courage and compassion to face a series of mysterious and comic adventures that change her life.

Below, a photo from the premiere at The Center for the Arts at VA Tech from October 2014, in a production directed by Beth Greenberg and conducted by Scott Williamson:

 

]]>David Mason's The Scarlet Libretto now availablehttp://artsongs.com/news/david-masons-the-scarlet-libretto-now-available.htmlLori Laitman2012-03-16T15:20:22Z2012-03-16T15:20:22ZThe Scarlet Libretto is the libretto for my opera The Scarlet Letter. Award-winning poet and librettist David Mason, author of Ludlow and other books, gives new life in verse to Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel. By distilling the book’s narrative line and adding a charged lyricism of his own, Mason has created another magnificent work in his ongoing poetic portrait of America.

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]]>Lori Laitman Recital at the National Museum of Women in the Artshttp://artsongs.com/news/lori-laitman-recital-at-the-national-museum-of-women-in-the.htmlLori Laitman2012-02-12T15:52:18Z2012-02-12T15:52:18ZOn Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 7:30 pm, I presented a recital of my music on The Shenson Series at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC.

I accompanied three wonderful vocalists: soprano Megan Monaghan, tenor Vale Rideout and baritone Randall Scarlata. Together, we presented a selection of artsongs as well as excerpts from my operas — The Scarlet Letter and a preview from Ludlow. Pianist Andrew Rosenblum made a special appearance in my very miniature opera, The Act. The theatre works were directed by Beth Greenberg.

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