Wuorinen: Haroun and the Sea of Stories (opera)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose, conductor
Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose, conductor
A kaleidoscopic adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s children’s novel, written for his son shortly after the decree against his own life.
“Semi-staged”
Charles Wuorinen composer
Heather Buck, Haroun Khalifa
Stephen Bryant, Rashid Khalifa
Brian Giebler, Iff, the water genie
David Salsbery Fry, Butt – Hoopoe
Wilbur Pauley, Mali, King of Gup
Michelle Trainor, Oneeta – Princess – Batcheat
Matthew DiBattista, Snooty Buttoo
Charles Blandy, Prince Bolo
Neal Ferreira, Mr. Sengupta – Khattam-Shud
Heather Gallagher, Soraya
Steven Goldstein, Goopy
Aaron Engebreth, General Kitab