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Opera Philadelphia commissions work based on saxophonist Charlie Parker
Flying Kite Staff
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Tuesday, February 04, 2014
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Opera Philadelphia
has commissioned Daniel Schnyder to create a chamber opera about the jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.
The opera, “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” is set on the day Parker died — March 12, 1955 — but takes place in his imagination as he is dying. The tenor
Lawrence Brownlee
will play Parker; Angela Brown, the soprano, will portray his mother, Addie, and Will Liverman, the baritone, will play Dizzy Gillespie, a frequent collaborator. Casting has not been announced for the other roles, which will include Parker’s patron, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. Corrado Rovaris, the company’s music director, who suggested Mr. Schnyder for the commission, is scheduled to conduct the premiere.
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