The Thirteenth Child - A fairytale collaboration with first time librettists Becky & David Starobin
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Beloved musicians and founders of Bridge Records, Becky and David Starobin make their debut as librettists in collaboration with composer Poul Ruders on this brand new fairytale thriller opera adapted from "The Twelve Brothers" by the Brothers Grimm.
Cori digs deep with Becky and David into the collaborative process, the necessary changes to the source material to make it stage worthy, and addressing universal themes of family, love and loss.
We also hear how the Bridge Records recording for The Thirteenth Child (recently released) almost went horribly awry and how David saved the day.
Follow Becky, David and The Thirteenth Child at http://the13thchild.com.
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The Thirteenth Child runs at the Santa Fe Opera July 27 - August 21, 2019.
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Beyond the Opera is produced for the Santa Fe Opera by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.
Our audio engineer is Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe.
Our hosts are dramaturg Cori Ellison and Kathleen Clawson, associate director of the Santa Fe Opera apprentice singer program.
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