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		<title>La Bisbetica Domata, World Premiere</title>
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Comune of Città della Pieve and International Opera Theater present La Bisbetica Domata world premiere in Città della Pieve, Italy.
August 24th, 25th, 26th.
Music by Venezuelan composer, Efrain Amaya&#8211; EfrainAmaya.com.
Directed by Karen Saillant.
Libretto by Karen Saillant.
Italian Translation by Tommaso Sabbatini.
Maestro Gianmaria Griglio, Musical Director of IOT&#8211; GianmariaGriglio.it conducting International Opera Theater Chamber Orchestra.
with special guest, Cello Fury&#8211; MySpace.com/CelloFury.
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<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Comune of Città della Pieve and International Opera Theater present <em>La Bisbetica Domata</em> world premiere in Città della Pieve, Italy.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">August 24th, 25th, 26th.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Music by Venezuelan composer, Efrain Amaya&#8211; <a href="http://www.efrainamaya.com/" target="_blank">EfrainAmaya.com</a>.<br />
Directed by Karen Saillant.<br />
Libretto by Karen Saillant.<br />
Italian Translation by Tommaso Sabbatini.<br />
Maestro Gianmaria Griglio, Musical Director of IOT&#8211; <a href="http://www.gianmariagriglio.it/index_eng.htm" target="_blank">GianmariaGriglio.it</a> conducting International Opera Theater Chamber Orchestra.<br />
with special guest, Cello Fury&#8211; <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cellofury" target="_blank">MySpace.com/CelloFury</a>.</p>
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		<title>ACF Winning Composers - Decameron</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">As the Musical Director of International Opera Theater, Center for New Italian Opera, I am pleased to welcome the winners of The American Composers Forum, Philadelphia, New Voices Project to our exciting production of <em>Decameron</em>, an opera based on the tales of 14th century Italian author and poet, Giovanni Boccaccio.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When ACF, funded by The William Penn Foundation, spoke to IOT about the idea of an opera for 7 composers, we immediately suggested a project that has long interested us: <em>The Decameron</em>. The Board of ACF was enthusiastic and moved to select the winners from a field of 23 very gifted apllicants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I congratulate the winning composers::</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">* Efrain Amaya, <a href="http://www.efrainamaya.com/" target="_blank">http://www.efrainamaya.com/</a><br />
* Michael Djupstrom, <a href="http://www.michaeldjupstrom.com/" target="_blank">http://www.michaeldjupstrom.com/</a><br />
* Daniel Shapiro, <a href="http://www.danielshapiromusic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.danielshapiromusic.com/</a><br />
* Adam B. Silverman, <a href="http://www.adambsilverman.com/" target="_blank">http://www.adambsilverman.com/</a><br />
* Tony Solitro, <a href="http://upenn.academia.edu/TonySolitro" target="_blank">http://upenn.academia.edu/TonySolitro</a>, <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/tonysolitro" target="_blank">http://www.reverbnation.com/tonysolitro</a><br />
* Thomas Whitman, <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/twhitma1/thomas_whitman_index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/twhitma1/thomas_whitman_index.htm</a><br />
* Ms. Ya-Jhu Yang</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">ACF was especially interested in the opportunity this work would allow for the creation of seven operatic vignettes in the Italian language.This project perfectly fits the philosophy of IOT, which is to bring international artists together to create new works of art in Italian. Our intention is to preserve segments of the original text, while giving the opera a modern twist. In this way tradition will meet innovation.Using the Italian language, the mother tongue of opera, we are able to offer our composers an excursion into the expressive quality of Italian, while at the same time providing our singers with the singability of Italian.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A panel of distinguished judges will select the four singers who will portray the major roles in <em>Decameron</em>, as winners of a new 3 day international opera competition:  I° Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico premio Città di Saluzzo - dedicato a Magda Olivero (<a href="http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/participate/1st-magda-olivero-international-singing-competition/" target="_self">competition link</a>). Magda Olivero is the world famous opera singer who was born in Citta&#8217; di Saluzzo and who will this year celebrate her 100th birthday. Coincidentally, the last tale of <em>The Decameron</em>, is about The Marquis of Saluzzo and Griselda, a tale which has for many centuries brought attention to our town.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In October, I will come to Philadelphia to begin rehearsals. The performances will be at the Prince Music Theater, November 12, 13 and 14.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I look forward to this new work and to the thrilling experience of working together to share <em>Decameron</em> with the people of Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Sincerely Yours,</p>
<p>Gianmaria Griglio<br />
Musical Director<br />
International Opera Theater</p>
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		<title>1st Magda Olivero International Opera Competition - Decameron</title>
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September 15, 16, 17, 2010.
Awarded by the City of Saluzzo and dedicated to Magda Olivero.
The four winners will be the protagonists in the opera &#8220;Decameron&#8221;, commisioned by the American Composers Forum Philadelphia in cooperation with International Opera Theater. Performances will take place at The Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia on November 12, 13, 14, 2010.
Jury:
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<p>September 15, 16, 17, 2010.<br />
Awarded by the City of Saluzzo and dedicated to Magda Olivero.</p>
<p>The four winners will be the protagonists in the opera &#8220;Decameron&#8221;, commisioned by the American Composers Forum Philadelphia in cooperation with International Opera Theater. Performances will take place at The Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia on November 12, 13, 14, 2010.</p>
<p>Jury:<br />
<a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Basso" target="_blank"> Alberto Basso</a> - President.<br />
<a href="http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/about-us/the-artists/karen-saillant/" target="_blank"> Karen Saillant</a>, Artistic Director of International Opera Theater of Philadelphia<br />
<a href="http://www.wallysalio.com/" target="_blank"> Wally Salio</a>, Soprano, Teacher at the Wienermusikseminar in Vienna and the Citè des Artes in Paris.<br />
<a href="http://www.walterbeloch.com/index.htm" target="_blank"> Walter Beloch</a>, Walter Beloch Artists Management.<br />
<a href="http://www.stefanosecco.altervista.org/" target="_blank"> Stefano Secco</a>, Tenor.<br />
Paola Mosca, Concertist.</p>
<p>Visit the Official Website: <a href="http://www.concorsoliricosaluzzo.org/joomla/">Here</a>.</p>
<p>Download further details and application: <a href="http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/Regolamento_concorso.pdf"></a>Here.</p>
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		<title>IOT is accepting SUBMISSIONS</title>
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IOT is accepting submissions for KATE and Company!
Passionate Opera Singers for roles in The Taming of the Shrew, La Bisbetica Domata.
Comune of Città della Pieve and
International Opera Theater
present
La Bisbetica Domata
world premiere in Città della Pieve, Italy.
August 24th, 25th, 26th.
Music by Venezuelan composer, Efrain Amaya&#8211; EfrainAmaya.com
Libretto by Karen Saillant
Italian Translation by Tommaso Sabbatini
Maestro Gianmaria Griglio, Musical Director of IOT&#8211; GianmariaGriglio.it
conducting [...]]]></description>
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<p style="padding-left: 60px;">IOT is accepting submissions for KATE and Company!<br />
Passionate Opera Singers for roles in <em>The Taming of the Shrew</em>, <em>La Bisbetica Domata.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Comune of Città della Pieve and<br />
International Opera Theater<br />
present<br />
<em>La Bisbetica Domata</em><br />
world premiere in Città della Pieve, Italy.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">August 24th, 25th, 26th.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Music by Venezuelan composer, Efrain Amaya&#8211; <a href="http://www.efrainamaya.com/" target="_blank">EfrainAmaya.com</a><br />
Libretto by Karen Saillant<br />
Italian Translation by Tommaso Sabbatini</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Maestro Gianmaria Griglio, Musical Director of IOT&#8211; <a href="http://www.gianmariagriglio.it/index_eng.htm" target="_blank">GianmariaGriglio.it</a><br />
conducting International Opera Theater Chamber Orchestra</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">with special guests Cello Fury&#8211; <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cellofury" target="_blank">MySpace.com/CelloFury</a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Opera singers from various cultures, interested in cutting edge movement based performance.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Roles:<br />
Petruchio: (CAST) bass baritone, Italy<br />
Kate: mezzo soprano, dynamic and emotionally vibrant<br />
Bianca: young, blonde, lyric soprano, romantic lead (not tall)<br />
Lucentio: young, lyric tenor, romantic lead (not tall)<br />
Baptista/Vincentio: Bass<br />
Grumio/Tranio/Tailor: tenor or baritone who is great physical actor</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Please send mp3&#8217;s or video links to: <a href="mailto:info@internationaloperatheater.org">info@internationaloperatheater.org</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Unlock Your Breath&#8221; with Karen Saillant</title>
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Free Your Voice in Malta!
September 6th - 10th, 2010
July 20th - 24th, 2011
Full scholarships are available (including transportation and living expenses) for singers and voice coaches of lyrical singers from
countries in the European Union.
Deadline for Application is April 15th.
Additional information and Application can be found here:
Aid Foundation Malta.
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<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Free Your Voice in Malta!</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">September 6th - 10th, 2010<br />
July 20th - 24th, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Full scholarships are available (including transportation and living expenses) for singers and voice coaches of lyrical singers from<br />
countries in the European Union.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Deadline for Application is April 15th.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Additional information and Application can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://sites.google.com/a/oafmalta.org/learning-at-oafmalta/training-programme-2009/september2009unlockyourbreath" target="_blank">Aid Foundation Malta</a>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Please contact <a href="mailto:info@internationaloperatheater.org">info@internationaloperatheater.org </a> if you need help with the Application!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is contemporary music so frightening to audiences and artists? Why are people hesitant to attend contemporary music concerts?...]]></description>
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<p><div style="width:47%; float: left; padding-right: 6%; display: inline;" class="post_column_1"><p>by Gianmaria Griglio</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Why is contemporary music so frightening to audiences and artists? Why are people hesitant to attend contemporary music concerts? It has not been always like this. There was a time, up until the mid-twentieth century, when contemporary music in its various form was still performed and accepted (almost) without prejudice by both parties. It was common to find new operas of Verdi and Puccini in theaters long before they became classics. The theater was a place to go and have fun, like a cinema today. Audiences posed themselves less questions about music. They would not worry about understanding it or being prepared on the composer or not; they just worried about liking the music or not liking it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One could argue that when this happened performances were not so perfect as we expect them to be today. True. Most composers did not have at their disposal the best orchestras and even the best orchestras were not, in all likelihood, half as good as a modern day mid level orchestra. Concerts were marathons, going on for hours and hours, with a great variety of music being performed. Lights in theaters were on and people would eat and talk like at the bar.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Music has evolved in time in a curious way: it was common practice to improvise on an instrument, practice that nowadays has been delegated mainly to jazz musicians. Finding a classical violin player that improvises the cadenza of a Mozart concerto is almost impossible. In the same way, it is quite improbable to find a composer finishing the music one hour before the performance. It is probably also our fault as musicians: especially during the 50s and 60s, musicians turned music into some complex construct that needs an explanation. We made our audiences afraid of us by telling them that some music was only for an elite who could understand it. We told audiences that they had to be prepared, go to conferences, read explanatory treatises and then maybe we would allow them to approach us.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Most people go to a concert today having heard the piece being performed over and over again. They already know what they are going to listen to. And the musicians, at the first rehearsal, already know how they are supposed to play. Everything feels somewhat comfortable and safe.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This does not happen with contemporary music, especially with ground-breaking music. Even classic composers like Beethoven experienced a kind of prejudice in some cases: for example, at the time of his fifth symphony, which now is familiar to almost everyone in the world, Beethoven had been saluted as ready for a &#8220;mad-house&#8221;. It destroyed the certainties people had about symphonic music, made some of them uncomfortable and some enthusiastic. Musicians in the orchestra were disoriented by what they were playing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Performing (and listening to) contemporary music is a challenge, quite different from playing and listening to the classics. There is no template, nothing to relate to, nothing to listen to, no comparison chart with other performers. A singer that has a role in a new opera cannot learn the part from a cd (which, sadly, is what happens most of the time with regular repertoire), nor try to pick and spot his favorite interpretations and make a mix of them. In new music, every artist involved in it is completely &#8220;naked&#8221;, and needs to take the music out to the audience all by her/himself, relying only on her/his knowledge, feelings, and capacity to read a score and make the most out of it, without looking at this or that interpretation. In a big project, like staging a new opera, these qualities are essential to the outcome of the performance. In the modern world, so full of models to follow in any human field in order to obtain what seem to be the most important things - success and money - this has become increasingly difficult.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Some performers rely on the fact that since it is a new work and it has never been heard before, audiences will not be able to judge their performance, thus setting the base for the worst thing that could happen to a performance: carelessness in preparation. This attitude does not honor the music, the composer or the audience. Additionally, it is ultimately a wrong thesis, as it presumes that audiences are not able to have an opinion unless it is superimposed on them by some past recording or an explanatory panel of experts. Performers, as well as audiences and composers, often forget the most important thing about music: it is not about knowledge, music is about feeling. And feelings do not need explanations or knowledge or preparation. They are what people should be sensing, whether it is new music or not. And feelings are what people respond to, because that is what makes music so special: music is an international language that does not need a translator, common to all men and women in this world.</p>
<p>Visit Gianmaria&#8217;s website here: <a href="http://www.gianmariagriglio.it/">www.gianmariagriglio.it</a> .<br />
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Per quale motivo la musica contemporanea spaventa così tanto sia il pubblico che gli artisti? Perchè c&#8217;è così tanta esitazione nel recarsi ad un concerto di musica contemporanea? Certo non è sempre stato così. Fino alla metà del ventesimo secolo infatti, la musica contemporanea, nelle sue svariate forme, veniva regolarmente presentata ed accettata (quasi) senza pregiudizi da entrambe le parti. Era perfettamente normale trovare nei teatri le nuove opere di Verdi e Puccini ben prima che diventassero dei classici. Il teatro era un luogo in cui si andava per divertirsi, come un cinema al giorno d&#8217;oggi. Il pubblico stesso si poneva meno domande riguardo alla musica. Non si preoccupava di capirla o di arrivare preparato sul compositore; l&#8217;unica preoccupazione, se così si può dire, risiedeva nel valutare il proprio grado di apprezzamento per la musica in sè.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Si potrebbe argomentare che le esecuzioni, al tempo, non erano così perfette come ci si aspetta oggi. Vero. La maggior parte dei compositori certo non avevano a disposizione le orchestre migliori, ed anche le orchestre migliori non raggiungevano, con ogni probabilità, nemmeno la metà del livello di una media orchestra odierna. I concerti erano delle vere e proprie maratone, duravano ore ed ore, durante i quali veniva eseguita una gran varietà di musica. Le luci nei teatri erano accese e la gente era solita mangiare e parlare con se si trovassero in un bar. La musica, nel tempo, ha subito evoluzioni curiose: l&#8217;improvvisazione, ad esempio, era una cosa perfettamente naturale, una pratica che ivece oggi è delegata quasi esclusivamente ai musicisti jazz. E&#8217; praticamente impossibile oggi trovare un violinista classico che improvvisi la cadenza di un concerto di Mozart. Allo stesso modo, è molto improbabile che un compositore oggi termini un pezzo un&#8217;ora prima del concerto.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">E&#8217; probabile che una parte di responsabilità sia anche da attribuirsi a noi musicisti: in particolar modo durante gli anni 50 e 60, i musicisti stessi trasformarono la musica in qualche complesso costrutto che necessitava di una spiegazione. Abbiamo reso il nostro pubblico timoroso nei nostri stessi confronti, dicendo loro che c&#8217;era della musica che doveva essere patrimonio esclusivo di un&#8217;elite che fosse in grado di comprenderla. Abbiamo costretto il pubblico ad essere preparato, a partecipare a conferenze, a leggere trattati esplicativi per poter essere degno, forse, un giorno, di avvicinarci.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">La maggior parte delle persone, oggi, si presentano ad un concerto dopo aver ascoltato innumerevoli volte ciò che verrà eseguito. Conoscono in anticipo quel che ascolteranno. Ed i musicisti, alla prima prova, già conoscono, o quantomeno suppongono, come devono eseguire ciò che leggono sul proprio spartito. Tutto è in qualche modo confortante e sicuro.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Tutto questo non succede con la musica contemporanea, specialmente con quella particolarmente innovativa. Anche compositori che ormai sono dei classici assoluti hanno provato l&#8217;esperienza di qualche sorta di pregiudizio in alcuni casi: ad esempio, al tempo della sua quinta sinfonia, Beethoven venne definito come &#8220;pronto per il manicomio&#8221;. Aveva ditrutto solide certezze nella musica sinfonica, e conseguentemente provocato disagio e sollevato entusiasmi. Gli stessi musicisti in orchestra furono disorientati da ciò che si trovarono a suonare.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">L&#8217;esecuzione (e l&#8217;ascolto) della musica contemporanea è una sfida, alquanto differente dall&#8217;esecuzione e dall&#8217;ascolto dei classici. Non ci sono modelli, nulla cui fare riferimento, nulla da ascoltare, nessun confronto con altri esecutori. Un cantante con un ruolo in un&#8217;opera nuova non può imparare la parte ascoltando un disco (cosa che, tristemente, succede in gran parte anche con il repertorio più classico), nè scegliere alcune esecuzioni dei propri interpreti preferiti, farne un mix e trarne una propria (!) interpretazione. Nella musica contemporanea, ogni artista è completamente &#8220;nudo&#8221;, ed è costretto a far emergere la musica da solo, facendo affidamento esclusivamente sulle proprie conoscenze, le proprie sensazioni, la propria capacità di leggere una partitura e ricavarne il massimo, senza considerare questa o quell&#8217;interpretazione. In un progetto di grande respiro, con la rappresentazione di un&#8217;opera, queste sono qualità essenziali per la riuscita dello spettacolo. Nel mondo odierno, così pieno di modelli da seguire in ogni campo dello scibile umano per poter raggiungere ciò che sembra essere la cosa più importante - denaro e successo -, la cosa è diventata sempre più difficoltosa.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Alcuni esecutori fanno affidamento sul fatto che, dal momento che in una prima assoluta la musica non è mai stata eseguita, il pubblico non sarà in grado di giudicare la loro escuzione, gettando in tal modo le basi per quanto di peggio possa accadere ad una produzione: superficialità nella preparazione. Questo tipo di atteggiamento non rende onore nè alla musica, nè al compositore, nè al pubblico. E&#8217; inoltre una tesi che erroneamente presuppone l&#8217;incapacità del pubblico di possedere un criterio di giudizio autonomo ed indipendente da registrazioni o spiegazioni di esperti in materia. Gli esecutori, tanto quanto il pubblico ed i compositori, spesso dimenticano la cosa fondamentale riguardo alla musica: essa non ha a che fare con la conoscenza, ma con le sensazioni. E le sensazioni non necessitano di conoscenza o preparazione, che si tratti di musica nuova o meno. E sono ciò a cui tutti noi rispondiamo perchè costituiscono la quintessenza della musica stessa: un linguaggio internazionale comune a tutti che non necessita di traduzioni.<br />
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Music Row: Who&#8217;s that masked man?


By Brian Rademaekers
Northern Liberties&#8217; The Fire is a music venue that has long specialized in giving a stage to obscure and up-and-coming bands, notably musicians experimenting with new sounds and still looking for an audience.
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<h1>Music Row: Who&#8217;s that masked man?</h1>
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<p><span lang="EN">By Brian Rademaekers</span></p>
<p>Northern Liberties&#8217; The Fire is a music venue that has long specialized in giving a stage to obscure and up-and-coming bands, notably musicians experimenting with new sounds and still looking for an audience.</p>
<p>On Thursday they&#8217;ll keep with that tradition, only the main act won&#8217;t be a rock band. Patrons will be treated to an hour-long performance of Commedia dell&#8217;Arte - a form of ancient slapstick that some call the roots of modern-day opera and theater. In Italian, the phrase translates to &#8220;comedy of art,&#8221; short for &#8220;comedy of the art of improvisation.&#8221;</p>
<p>Feb. 25 marks the inaugural Commedia dell&#8217;Arte Day, which will see hundreds of performances take place across the globe, from Tunisia to Akron, Ohio. Here in Philly, the only participant is The Fire, a distinction made possible by the bar&#8217;s owner, Karen Saillant.</p>
<p>She&#8217;s also the founding artistic director of the International Opera Theater, a non-profit that has been putting on opera-related shows in Philadelphia and beyond since 2001. Having &#8220;the strange distinction of directing an opera company and owning a rock club&#8221; put her in position to participate in Commedia dell&#8217;Arte Day, says Saillant. And that&#8217;s no small feat, considering she once helped bring the performance art&#8217;s foremost expert, Antonio Fava, to the city for a series of workshops and classes on Commedia dell&#8217;Arte.</p>
<p>Her relationship with the ancient form of masked comedy - which got its start in Italy in the 16th century - began when her son, Christian Bygott, expressed interest over a decade ago. During a course held by Fava in Philadelphia, Bygott became infatuated with the style of acting, and later spent four months studying under Fava in Italy.</p>
<p>In the years since, he has spent more than 2,500 hours studying with Fava. He&#8217;ll be one of three actors performing on Thursday, and said he is excited to bring the performance style to an audience that normally may not seek out theater.</p>
<p>Having originated in Italy in the mid 1500s, Commedia dell&#8217;Arte is defined by masked actors that usually represent a handful of steady archetypes: lovers, servants, the old man, the mistress, and so on. This style of acting is often credited with popularizing features of theater that are common today.</p>
<p>One can also see early elements of what is today called sketch comedy; the performances are based loosely on a predetermined sketch or theme, with the actors encouraged to feed off the audience while offering improvised scenes.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really so much fun,&#8221; Bygott says. &#8220;The great part about it is the archetypes. You see people all the time just walking down the street that you can identify as common characters. For something that started in 1530, it&#8217;s amazing how well it works now.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bygott also said modern day audiences can appreciate elements of slapstick comedy inherent in the style. For one, a character in Thurday&#8217;s show will actually wield a noisemaking stick as prop. But Bygott said the masks - made by Fava to replicate early Italian models - also force the actors to use exaggerated motions and gestures often associated with the slapstick style.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very physical. You play into the characters and the way you walk or even hold yourself in a way that is unusual - it&#8217;s an exaggeration of the human form,&#8221; explains Bygott. &#8220;When you cry with a mask on, you can&#8217;t just &#8216;cry&#8217;, you really have to get animated and you&#8217;re very vocal.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following the performance, the actors will engage the audience in a question-and-answer session. &#8220;Just in case we utterly confuse them and they want to ask why, we&#8217;ll gladly answer those questions,&#8221; says Bygott.</p>
<p>Saillant sees Commedia dell&#8217;Arte as something that dovetails nicely with the overall niche The Fire hopes to serve.</p>
<p>&#8220;At The Fire, we are dedicated to original music and artists,&#8221; says Saillant, &#8220;so it really is very much in line with what we want to support within the Philadelphia arts scene.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Check it out . . .</strong></p>
<p>Who: International Opera Theater and Commedia dell&#8217;Arte Day</p>
<p>What: Three experienced actors offering ancient, masked slapstick</p>
<p>Where: The Fire, 4th Street and Girard Avenue</p>
<p>When: Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m.</p></div>
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New Voices: Call for Applications 
International Opera Theater
The American Composers Forum, Philadelphia is pleased to announce its next New Voices project with International Opera Theater!
New Voices offers emerging composers the opportunity to have new works rehearsed, performed, and recorded by professional performing ensembles. For the next New Voices program, ACF Philadelphia will collaborate with International [...]]]></description>
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<p>The American Composers Forum, Philadelphia is pleased to announce its next New Voices project with <a href="http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/" style="color: #6495ed;text-decoration: none;font-weight: normal;"><b>International Opera Theater</b></a>!</p>
<p>New Voices offers emerging composers the opportunity to have new works rehearsed, performed, and recorded by professional performing ensembles. For the next New Voices program, ACF Philadelphia will collaborate with International Opera Theater to give seven member composers an opportunity to gain practical experience in writing an opera, resulting in a new opera production to be premiered in November 2010 at Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia. </p>
<p>Seven local composers will be selected to write short opera vignettes (approx. 15 minutes) for four vocalists (lyric soprano, mezzo, lyric tenor, baritone) and six instrumentalists (flute doubling piccolo; clarinet doubling bass clarinet; violin doubling viola; cello; piano; one percussionist) based on seven novellas from <i>The Decameron</i>, a collection of 100 novellas written in the 14th century by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. </p>
<p><b>The </b><a href="http://acfphiladelphia.org/nvguideappiot.pdf" style="color: #6495ed;text-decoration: none;font-weight: normal;"><b>application</b></a><b> deadline is March 15th 2010 (postmark deadline).</b></p>
<p>Applicants will be notified of the decision in late April 2010. Texts will be assigned after the panel selects the winning composers. Participating composers will have approximately five months to complete their works before rehearsals begin in October 2010. Composers must agree to participate in two rehearsals (minimum) and attend the performances. </p>
<p><i>IOT is currently working on an international aspect of the program, in which four arias from four composers will be used in a singing competition and recorded in Italy by a 50 piece orchestra: <a href="http://www.associazionefilarmonici.it/" style="color: #6495ed;text-decoration: none;font-weight: normal;"><b> Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta di Legnago</b></a>. Composers will need to submit their aria selections by June 28th 2010 in order for their music to be included in the Italian competition. </i><br /><b><br />See the </b><a href="http://acfphiladelphia.org/nvguideappiot.pdf" style="color: #6495ed;text-decoration: none;font-weight: normal;"><b>guidelines</b></a><b> on the ACF Philadelphia Chapter website for full details and </b><a href="http://acfphiladelphia.org/nvguideappiot.pdf" style="color: #6495ed;text-decoration: none;font-weight: normal;"><b>application instructions</b></a><b>. </b></p>
<p>Questions? Contact James Falconi, Program Manager by phone 267-639-2518 or <a href="mailto:james@acfphiladelphia.org?subject=New%20Voices%20with%20IOT" style="color: #6495ed;text-decoration: none;font-weight: normal;">email</a>.</p>
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Jago
August 25, 26, 27 2009
Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Citta della Pieve, Italy
Musica – Carlo Pedini – Italia
Libretti – Lucio Lironi e Carlo Pedini – Italia
Tratto dal drama originale, “Jago” – di Karen Saillant e J. Christian Bygott – Stati Uniti
Maestro concertatore e direttore d’orchestra – Gianmaria Griglio – Italia
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>August 25, 26, 27 2009</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Citta della Pieve, Italy</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Musica – Carlo Pedini – Italia<br />
Libretti – Lucio Lironi e Carlo Pedini – Italia<br />
Tratto dal drama originale, “Jago” – di Karen Saillant e J. Christian Bygott – Stati Uniti<br />
Maestro concertatore e direttore d’orchestra – Gianmaria Griglio – Italia<br />
Regia – Karen Saillant – stati uniti<br />
Costumi – Nicoel Rae Styer – stati Uniti<br />
Scene – Caroline Lathan-steifel – Stati Uniti<br />
Luci – Mary Hefferman – Stati Uniti</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Cantanti:<br />
Ignazio de Simone – Italia – Baritono<br />
Mario Ofidis – stati uniti/Grecia – voce Bianca<br />
Jon Morrell – Stati Uniti – Tenore Drammatico<br />
Yasko Fijuu – Giappone – Soprano<br />
Mario Arevalo – El Salvador – Tenore<br />
Orchestra:<br />
Vena Johnson – Stati Uniti –Violino 1<br />
Zach Miley – USA – Violino 2<br />
Francesco Marquez – Italia – Violoncello<br />
Francesco Mastriforti – Italia –Viola<br />
Mira Magrill – Stati Uniti – Flauto 1<br />
Carlyn Lloyd – Stati Uniti – Flauto 2<br />
Shirley Chang – Cina – Oboe<br />
Hazel Lindsay – Scozia – Sax Contralto<br />
Peter Daniel Ross – Stati Uniti – Sax Baritono<br />
Guy-Loup – Francia – Percussioni<br />
Candace Chien – Sati Uniti – Pianoforte e Tastiera<br />
Sergio Lecis – Italia – Launeddas<br />
Reese Revak – Stati Uniti – Assistente al Pianoforte e alla Direzione d’orchestra</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Annette Griffin – stati uniti – assistente ai costume e alla scenografia<br />
Jieun lee – Corea del Sud – Assistente all scenografia<br />
Joe De Simone – Stati Uniti –assistente alla scenografia<br />
Grace Jay-Benjamin – stati Uniti – Trucco e Costume Design<br />
Michael Alan Strunk – Stati Uniti – Assistente alla Direttrice – Artistica<br />
Chris Sannini – stati uniti – assistente di produzione e operatore alle luci<br />
Robert Wuss – stati uniti – assistente di produzione e stage manager</p>
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Brundibar and The Children of Theresienstadt
January 24-31, 2010

*Of the 15,000 children who were imprisoned in Theresienstadt, only 100 under the age of 14 survived.
To commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
To honor all children who, because of war, were never able to go home.

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Brundibar and The Children of Theresienstadt<br />
January 24-31, 2010<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;">*Of the 15,000 children who were imprisoned in Theresienstadt, only 100 under the age of 14 survived.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">To commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.<br />
To honor all children who, because of war, were never able to go home.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/SR45-W724zI/AAAAAAAABAc/NA1JhjqPNL4/s400/Original+Performance+of+Brundibar+In+Thereseinstadt.jpg" alt="" /><br />
(The original cast of Brundibar in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.)<br />
See reunion of original cast members who survived on 60 Minutes presentation below:<br />
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2512408n&amp;tag=related;photovideo">http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2512408n&amp;tag=related;photovideo</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Seeking Our All Ages Audience<br />
January 2009, 1,000 saw this production<br />
Our goal is 2,000 audience members in 2010!<br />
Please help us make this happen!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>6 Performances</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Ibrahim Theater<br />
International House<br />
3701 Chestnut Street<br />
Philadelphia<br />
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Sunday, January 24 3PM<br />
Monday, January 25 10AM<br />
Wednesday, January 27 10AM and 12PM<br />
Friday, January 29 10AM<br />
Sunday, January 31 3PM</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">TICKETS:<br />
Weekdays: $8.00<br />
Sundays: $10.00<br />
Ticket prices are the same for adults and children.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Contact:<br />
Kathy Glackin<br />
215-923-3623<br />
brundibar2010@gmail.com</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Please take a look at video from our<br />
2009 &amp; 2003 productions:<br />
<a href="http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/childrens-opera/">http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/childrens-opera/</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Articles in newspapers about our 2003 production:<br />
<a href="http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/about-us/articles/opera-tells-of-pain-and-victory/">http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/about-us/articles/opera-tells-of-pain-and-victory/</a><br />
<a href="http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/about-us/articles/the-power-of-a-name/">http://internationaloperatheater.org/iot/about-us/articles/the-power-of-a-name</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Parents&#8217; Blog from 2009 Production at International House:<br />
<a href="http://makingbrundibar.blogspot.com/">http://makingbrundibar.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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