A DEAD BODY
Music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl | Text by Franny Zhang
GHOSTLY TALES THAT EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN
Title: A Dead Body (Working Title)
Music: Mischa Salkind-Pearl
Libretto: Franny Zhang
Duration: 60-75min (anticipated)
Instrumentation: sop, ct, bar, cl, sax, vn, perc, electronics
Status: Developing
HISTORY
06/13/2018 - Partial performance at OBERON, Cambridge, MA
04/27/2019 - Libretto Reading at board residence.
03/2020 - Development put on hold due to COVID-19.
ABOUT THE WORK
This ghostly new opera weaves together eerie stories by Anton Chekhov that explore the commonalities of experiences with the unknown.
What happens when strangers are alone in the night? Nothing is clear and anything might happen next.
An old man and a young man are together in a dark forest on a cold night, when a girl appears asking for help. They must decide whether to leave their post or to remain, and tensions rise to the forefront
PRESS
“Salkind-Pearl’s music captures the author’s objectivist intent… Cold yet resonant harmonies,” BOSTON CLASSICAL REVIEW
INTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER MISCHA SALKIND-PEARL
WORK SAMPLES
THE ARTISTS
