THE SINGING (a cyberspace opera)
music and lyrics by Daniel Levy / book and lyrics by Lenora Champagne
winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1999 Richard Rodgers Development Award
Recorded live at New Dramatists NYC 1998. Performers: Karen Burlingame (Claire); Gregory Purnhagen (Michael X); Michael Lofton (the Father); Barbara Tirrell (the mother); Peter Jay Fernandez (the Preacher); Steven Rattazzi (the Doctor); Rick Adamson (Phillips); Nick Wyman (Johnson); Culver Casson (secty, nurse); David Driver, Kimberly Evans, Todd Kent, Francine Lobis, James Sasser, Ed Sylvia, Culver Casson, Judth Walton (the Press, the Choir, the Computer); Clement Waldman (drums); Dana Scofidio (elec guitar); Doug Coates (piano, synth), Greg Pliska (piano, synth) Chris Clark (synth), Daniel Levy (guitar, synth).