Lori Laitman, composer

Videos

Almost all of my songs have been recorded. To hear the commercial recordings, please visit my page on Spotify.

Below are a few links from YouTube.

  • Beyond All Price 

    An excerpt from Beyond All Price, Hester’s aria from The Scarlet Letter (libretto by David Mason). Live performance with Opera Colorado and soprano Laura Claycomb from May 2016.

  • Beyond All Price from The Scarlet Letter

    Libretto by David Mason. Live performance from Marshall Opera’s concert at The New York Public Library in NYC on 4.27.24  — with soprano Sara LeMesh, pianist Amir Farid and Naomi Lewin, Master of Ceremonies.

  • Dear Future Roommate 

    Video from Lyric Fest of Philadelphia (letter by Mike Gioia). With baritone Keith Phares and pianist Laura Ward.

  • I Never Saw Another Butterfly

    Poems by Pavel Friedmann, Koleba, Anonymous and Franta Bass — all children killed in the Holocaust. Recorded live with soprano Maureen McKay and saxophonist Gary Louie at Pianocraft Studios in Gaithersburg, MD on October 10, 2018.

  • I Was Reading a Scientific Article

    Poem by Margaret Atwood. Recorded live from Wigmore Hall in February 2019 with mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Simon Lepper.

  • In Sleep The World Is Yours

    Poems by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger. This is the premiere of the work for soprano, oboe and piano commissioned by Music of Remembrance — with soprano Megan Chenovick, oboist Benjamin Hausman and pianist Mina Miller.

  • Into Eternity

    Indianapolis Opera with mezzo-soprano Lyndsay Moy and pianist Maria Lyapkova, premiere Into Eternity, a setting of Vilma Grunwald’s letter (translated by Frank Grunwald). Frank speaks at the start to give context.

  • Men with Small Heads

    Poetry by Thomas Lux, from the song cycle of the same name. With baritone Andrew Garland and pianist Donna Loewy.

  • Men with Small Heads 

    Video from Lyric Fest of Philadelphia. With baritone Randall Scarlata and pianist Laura Ward.

  • Opera Colorado: The Scarlet Letter, Act I, Scene 4: ‘Our Nights’

    Tenor Dominic Armstrong and pianist Keun-A Lee perform Dimmesdale’s aria “Our Nights” on Colorado Public Radio in 2016.

  • Opera Colorado: The Scarlet Letter, Act I: ‘Now Truly Know Me’

    Baritone Malcolm MacKenzie and pianist Keun-A Lee perform Chillingworth’s aria from The Scarlet Letter — “Now Truly Know Me” on Colorado Public Radio in 2016.

  • Our Voices: Lori Laitman “I Shall Not Live In Vain” — Eastman Opera Theatre, December 2021

    During the pandemic, I worked with the talented students of Eastman School of Music’s Opera Theatre, Artistic Director Steven Daigle and Music Director Timothy Long as the students prepared video interpretations of my songs. Near the end of the film, Steven interviews me. Songs included are: I was reading a scientific article (Margaret Atwood); Swimmers on the Shore (David Mason); Men with Small Heads (Thomas Lux); Homeless (Michael Flack); The Butterfly (Pavel Friedmann); The Old House (Franta Bass); Kindness (Sylvia Plath); On a Photograph (John Wood); If I… (Emily Dickinson).