Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas is a site-responsive project of 64 musical miniatures for hiking opera singers and water percussionists. The work is available as site-responsive performances and a media installation.
ComposerByron Au Yong Media Installation ArtistRandy Moss Librettists Eugenie Chan, Bret Fetzer, Aaron Jafferis, Archana Kumar, Carola Luther, Caroline Murphy, Vivian Umino, Edisa Weeks Singers Josie Davis, Emily Greenleaf, Jeremiah Oliver, David Stutz Percussionists Stuart McLeod, Dean Moore, Benjamin Morrow, James Whetzel Project Manager Pike Pin Audio Engineers Tom Stiles & CJ Lazenby Costume Designer Emily Carlsen Videographers Jean-Stephane & Eric Rockey Logo/CD Designer Wing Fong
Support
Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas is thankful for support from Creative Capital’s Multi-Arts Production [MAP] Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation; 4Culture’s King County Site-Specific Performance Network; Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts; and Jack Straw Productions
Special Thanks
Aldeburgh Music, Tophe Anderson, Betsey Baeskens, Steven Berardelli, Sarah Lin Bhatia, Moira Brennan, Donald Brinkman, Shelley Brittingham, Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts, Bruce Burgett, Burien Parks, City of Auburn, City of Bellevue Parks & Community Services, City of Federal Way, City of Redmond, City of Renton, David Collins, Kelly Cooper-Kordylewski, Michelle Cruver, Des Moines Parks, Denise DeSpirito, Van Diep, Amy Dukes, Sara Edwards, Mary Faber, Garrett Fisher, Nancy Frey, Levi Fuller, Tony Guerrero, Jennifer Davis Hayes, Kevin Higa, Gina Kallman, Ben Kasulke, Gabe Kean, Kubota Gardens, Issaquah Arts Commission, Daniel Alexander Jones, King County Library System, Jesse Lackey, Amy Lambert, Loreen Lee, Nic Lind, Rachel Lissman, Susan Moss, Lisa Olason, Libby Palmer, Jerri Plumridge, Jarrad Powell, Joan Rabinowitz, Mark Radonich, Charlie Rathbun, Mary Rectra, Bob Redmond, Daphne Robinson, Laurie Rose, Sammamish Arts Commission, Frank Saxe, June Sekiguchi, Nelly and Fred Schaffner, Deborah Schneider, Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Sign*A*Rama Santa Monica, SouthEast Effective Development, Betsy Udesen, UW Bothell Facility Services Staff, Samuel Vachon, Paige Weinheimer, Elaine Wetterauer, Gary Williams, Mary Yelanjian
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Libretti 64 Bottled Opera texts