6/25: Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings In Concert – Walt Disney Concert Hall

Hila Plitmann and I met this week with fight choreographer and martial arts instructor Caleb Terray who's adding some kick-ass moves to our upcoming concert of Eric Whitacre's PARADISE LOST: SHADOWS AND WINGS.

Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings In Concert



June 25th, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Walt Disney Concert Disney Hall
Los Angeles, CA
111 South Grand Avenue
Phone: (213) 972-7211
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7 soloists; a DJ; a solo cello and a choir of angels all tell the story of one angel who wanted to fly. Presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York. More info.

UPDATE: Photographer Marc Royce captured a few moments of our rehearsal leading up to last Saturday night's performance, as well as a few character portraits:

Doug Kreeger as Ignis, Damon Kirsche as Logos, Hila Plitmann as Exstasis. Photographs: Marc Royce.

Logos (Damon Kirsche) and Exstasis (Hila Plitmann) spar at the finale of Act I.

The cast of PARADISE LOST: SHADOWS AND WINGS:
(back, L to R) Marie Wallace, Rodolfo Nieto,  Daniel Tatar, Sara Jean Ford,
(front) Hila Plitmann, Damon Kirsche

Damon Kirsche as Logos, Hila Plitmann as Exstasis

Three Whitman Songs

This week, some of my talented family of friends got together to sing through a new song cycle, "Three Whitman Songs" by Andrew Martin. We gathered at the Roy O. Disney Hall at CalArts for a jam session with pianist Tali Tadmor, soprano Hila Plitmann, composer Andrew Martin, audio engineer Danny Lemos and videographer Chris Martin of Chrismatic Films. I'll post the results when my busy buddies have had a chance to edit the footage. 

To hear Hila sing is an enchantment; to sing with her is to succumb to seduction—her translucent voice, laser focus, technical and musical virtuosity (and a beguiling combination of gracious charm and goofball wit). I treasure every chance I have to sing with her, so I'm doubly fortunate this month: on June 25, we'll appear together again as Exstasis and Logos (at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Eric Whitacre's Paradise Lost: Shadows & Wings), roles we have played together many times over the years, each better than the last.

6/15: Appearing at Carnegie Hall!

I'm back in New York, about to begin rehearsals for Eric Whitacre's "PARADISE LOST: Shadows and Wings," "a hybrid of musical theater, opera, electronica, film score and Asian drumming," which the LA Times deemed a work of "unearthly beauty and imagination."

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK

THE ART OF PERFORMANCE – THE POWER OF EDUCATION

IRIS DERKE, GENERAL DIRECTOR

JONATHAN GRIFFITH, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

PRESENT

PARADISE LOST:

SHADOWS AND WINGS
(CONCERT VERSION–NEW YORK PREMIERE)
STERN AUDITORIUM/PERELMAN STAGE
CARNEGIE HALL
JUNE 15, 2010 at 8 PM

ERIC WHITACRE, CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER

DAVID NOROÑA, DIRECTOR AND CO-CREATOR

EXSTASIS: HILA PLITMANN, GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SOPRANO

LOGOS: DAMON KIRSCHE

IGNIS: DOUG KREEGER

FERVIO: DANIEL TATAR

PIETA: SARA JEAN FORD

AIA: MARIE WALLACE

GRAVITAS: RODOLFO NIETO

GREG CHUN, DJ / NARRATOR

ON ENSEMBLE, TAIKO / PERCUSSION

FANG FANG XU, CELLO

CHOIR OF ANGELS: DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

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