Word: eckertã
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...searching for a composer to write a work especially for the ART. He found Eckert, an award winning composer and lyricist who had already had several successes in New York and San Francisco and was already very well known in contemporary music circles. The two then worked on expanding Eckert??€™s original piece, adding a libretto as well as a plot. After reading George Lord’s work about The Odyssey’s impact on modern society, Woodruff noticed the parallels between his own story and Homer’s classic...
...star of the evening, however, is Nora Cole as Ulysses’ dead wife and the mother of the Son, simply called The Bride. Literally shining in her sparkling white wedding gown, Cole’s performance is marked by confident ease and elegance as she swims effortlessly though Eckert??€™s difficult and cyclical music, shifting from soulful low notes to a clear, ringing soprano...
...though, Woodruff is correct in saying that the show rests on Eckert??€™s score and book. Eckert??€™s music takes the audience deep into the soul of violence and the horror...
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