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The Hunger Art

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The Hunger Art
Opera by Jeff Myers
LibrettistRoyce Vavrek
LanguageEnglish
Premiere
7 January 2008 (2008-01-07)
American Lyric Theater

The Hunger Art is an opera in one act by Jeff Myers, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek after Franz Kafka.[1]

Written during Myers's residency at American Lyric Theater,[2] the opera was performed in concert at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Peter Norton Symphony Space in Manhattan, New York, on January 7, 2008.[3]

Roles and role creators

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  • Ivona, Amanda Pabyan
  • Alfons, Thomas Wazelle
  • Milos, David Korn
  • Bronislav, Bryce Smith
  • Butcher, Edwin Vega

Synopsis

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The opera is a narrative hybrid of the Kafka's short story "A Hunger Artist" and a revisionist take on Adam and Eve.

References

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  1. ^ "Jeff Myers Music".
  2. ^ Hetrick, Adam (26 December 2007). "Free Opera in Eden Concert to Feature Tony Winner Chuck Cooper". Playbill. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Chuck Cooper to Appear in Opera in Eden". Theater News. TheaterMania.com.