Steven Ricks Writes an Opera
Episode 11 of the The Center's Studio Podcast podcast, hosted by Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, titled "Steven Ricks Writes an Opera" was published on October 12, 2023 and runs 48 minutes.
October 12, 2023 ·48m · The Center's Studio Podcast
Summary
In this episode, the Center celebrates with composer Steven L. Ricks the upcoming premiere of his multimedia chamber opera, Baucis and Philemon (BAH-sis and Phi-LEE-mon), which was commissioned by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts in 2019. The story comes from Ovid's Metamorphosis. It is a fable about a couple who ask the gods to be turned into trees at the bank of a lake after their death. Ricks discusses how the opera came to be written and the team behind it all. Musical rehearsal exce...
Episode Description
In this episode, the Center celebrates with composer Steven L. Ricks the upcoming premiere of his multimedia chamber opera, Baucis and Philemon (BAH-sis and Phi-LEE-mon), which was commissioned by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts in 2019. The story comes from Ovid's Metamorphosis. It is a fable about a couple who ask the gods to be turned into trees at the bank of a lake after their death. Ricks discusses how the opera came to be written and the team behind it all.
Musical rehearsal excerpts are by Steven L. Ricks (music) and Stephen Tuttle (libretto).
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