"Carson Kievman is a composer of extremely original music, which is rare" Olivier Messiaen, composer
Please join us for one of the most exciting events of the current season: the World Premiere Production of HAMLET Soundtheater (Opera), by Carson Kievman, at SoBe Institute of the Arts (Miami Beach) this coming February/March. Pulsing, provocative and multidimensional, this contemporary take on Shakespeare's classic drama was commissioned and scheduled for performance 20 years ago for the New York Shakespeare Festival / Public Theater by legendary New York theatrical producer Joseph Papp, but it remained unperformed due to Papp's tragic passing. This SoBe Arts production is already garnering national and international attention.
For this production, SoBe Arts has engaged the acclaimed New York opera conductor John Yaffé, as well as a top-flight cast of singers from both New York City, Philadelphia, Memphis and Miami. Audiences will have the opportunity to see HAMLET in a run of ten performances from February 24 through March 11 in the Little Stage Theater on the SoBe Arts campus, a beautiful, historic setting and intimate venue that will truly make this a once in a lifetime experience . .- Tweet
Hamlet Informational Video
SOBE ARTS PRESENTS HAMLET Soundtheater / Opera
Music & Libretto by Carson Kievman. World Premiere of Staged Concert Version. Commissioned by Joseph Papp for the New York Shakespeare Festival / Public Theater. Based on: The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare.
Stage Director, Carson Kievman. Music Director, John Yaffé. Lighting Designer, Robert Perry. Costume Designer, Angelina Exposito. Melissa Futch, Stage Manager. Mark Schubert, Sound. Yueh-Yin Liao, Pianist/Coach. Mary Adelyn Kauffman, Chorus Master/Rehearsal Pianist/Coach.
Robert Chumbley, Rehearsal Pianist.
Little Stage Theater @ SoBe Arts
Friday, February 24 through Sunday, March 11, 2012
"I have been familiar with Mr. Kievman’s work since 1978, when I produced his brilliantly innovative musical work for the theater, WAKE UP, IT’S TIME TO GO TO BED! I feel that Mr. Kievman ranks among the foremost modern composers in his understanding of both the components of musical composition and in the particular demands of a theatrical music work. Mr. Kievman has the somewhat rare ability to translate the dramatic and emotional contexts of his works to his audience in a powerful and profound way musically."Joseph Papp, producer
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Friday, February 24, 2012 Special VIP Highlights & Reception
8:00 p.m. – Little Stage Theater
$100 (Includes VIP champagne celebration
sponsored by
Laurent-Perrier (Sarah Halstead) and Sylvano Restaurant (Sylvano Carrara) For information call 305.674.9220 / www.sobearts.org
Friday, March 2, 2012 World Premiere
8:00 p.m. – Little Stage Theater
$25 / $12.50 Saturday, March 3, 2012
Performance
8:00 p.m. – Little Stage Theater
$25 / $12.50 Sunday, March 4, 2012
Performance
7:30 p.m. – Little Stage Theater
$25 / $12.50 Friday, March 9, 2012
Performance
8:00 p.m. – Little Stage Theater
$25 / $12.50 Saturday, March 10, 2012
Performance
8:00 p.m. – Little Stage Theater
$25 / $12.50 Sunday, March 11, 2012
Performance
7:30 p.m. – Little Stage Theater
$25 / $12.50
Discounted tickets available for groups of 10 or more – call 305 674 9220
For additional information contact events@sobearts.org or (305) 674-9220
Box Office opens 1 hour before all performances
"But that won't stop Kievman from writing for the rest of the world. He spends part of each day composing the last scenes of HAMLET. He has promised Papp he'll finish the opera by April 23, Shakespeare's birthday. The premiere production is slated for next season in New York.
Remarkably, Kievman is setting the original and problematic old English text to music. Though he has done a little condensing. It is essentially a complete, faithful HAMLET. But the music, with its often aggressive, rockish vocal writing and minimalist-flavored rhythmic pulses, and the staging, which will be wildly visual, might have startled the Danish prince."
Tim Smith, Sun-Sentinel, Sunday, April 2, 1989
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Little Stage Theater @SoBe Arts is an intimate space with limited seating. For additional information contact events@sobearts.org or (305) 674-9220.
Box Office opens 1 hour before all performances
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SoBe Institute of the Arts 2011/2012 season is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council and the City of Miami Beach, as well as private foundations and individual donors. Series sponsors and individual matching contributions help us to keep our events free or low cost to all. Please consider sponsoring one or more events or making a tax deductible donation to SoBe Institute of the Arts, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit arts education and performance organization. For more information contact (305) 674-9220.
