The Department of Voice & Opera presents the comic opera "Working for the Macbeths" (2023) with music by Johanny Navarro and libretto by Marcus Yi.
Conductor: Jayce Ogren with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Stage Director: Chía Patiño
Assistant Conductor: Michael Roest
Coaches/Pianists: Timothy Cheek, Andrea Morokutti
Sung in English
WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS
Composer: Johanny Navarro | Librettist: Marcus Yi
Commissioned by American Lyric Theater
Lawrence Edelson, Artistic and General Director
Kelly Kuo, Associate Artistic Director
Working for the Macbeths was developed under the auspices of the Composer Librettist Development Program at American Lyric Theater in New York City, which is made possible through lead funding from the Mellon Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS will receive its world premiere at Pittsburgh Opera on February 27, 2027.
Conductor: Jayce Ogren with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Stage Director: Chía Patiño
Assistant Conductor: Michael Roest
Coaches/Pianists: Timothy Cheek, Andrea Morokutti
Sung in English
WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS
Composer: Johanny Navarro | Librettist: Marcus Yi
Commissioned by American Lyric Theater
Lawrence Edelson, Artistic and General Director
Kelly Kuo, Associate Artistic Director
Working for the Macbeths was developed under the auspices of the Composer Librettist Development Program at American Lyric Theater in New York City, which is made possible through lead funding from the Mellon Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS will receive its world premiere at Pittsburgh Opera on February 27, 2027.