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Mary Kouyoumdjian: Composer Royce Vavrek: Librettist Alan Pierson: Music Director Adapted from the original film written and directed by Atom Egoyan Soloists: Miriam Khalil, Omar Najmi, David Adam Moore, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Karim Sulayman, Marc Kudisch Silvana Quartet: Courtney Orlando, Nicole Sharlow, Gillian Gallagher, Maria Bella Jeffers The Choir of Trinity Wall Street: Session Producer: Melissa Baker; Session Conductor and Producer: Thomas McCargar; Session Engineer: Kevin Kim; Soprano: Shabnam Abedi, Elizabeth Bates, Aine Hakamatsuka, Sonya Headlam, Madeline Apple Healey, Amaranta Viera, Elena Williamson; Alto: Meg Dudley, Catherine Hedberg, Clifton Massey, Kirsten Sollek, Pamela Terry; Tenor: Ryland Angel, Timothy Hodges, Nickolas Karageorgiou, Tommy Wazelle, Steven Caldicott Wilson; Bass: Matthew Goinz, Harrison Hintzsche, Richard Lippold, Edmund Milly, Neil Netherly Album Produced by Mary Kouyoumdjian Live Sound, Recording and Album Mix by Daniel Neumann Executive Producer: Beth Morrison Projects Cover Art and Design by Mary Kouyoumdjian Released by Bright Shiny Things |
"my heart belongs to “Adoration,”...Its strange textures, cacophony of voices, and pervasive unsettling glow combine into an uncanny capture of the information age and its anxieties. It’s an opera that could help shape the future of the form."
– Washington Post
“her style is never far from profound rapture"
- The Los Angeles Times
“blisteringly uncomfortable...relentlessly tense—90 minutes of in-drawn breath passes with barely a moment’s respite...
Kouyoumdjian’s score keeps us rapt and suspicious the whole time"
- Observer
– Washington Post
“her style is never far from profound rapture"
- The Los Angeles Times
“blisteringly uncomfortable...relentlessly tense—90 minutes of in-drawn breath passes with barely a moment’s respite...
Kouyoumdjian’s score keeps us rapt and suspicious the whole time"
- Observer
Adoration is a world premiere live recording of an electroacoustic chamber opera by composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and librettist Royce Vavrek in collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects. Adapted from the film by the same name by Armenian-Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweethereafter, Exotica), Adoration follows a high school student whose fictional story about a terrorist plot goes viral, unpacking how grief, racism, and media distortion collide to obscure the truth. Conducted by Alan Pierson and recorded/mixed by Daniel Neumann, the album cast features Miriam Khalil, Omar Najmi, David Adam Moore, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Marc Kudisch, Sammy Ivany, and GRAMMY Award winner Karim Sulayman, alongside the Silvana Quartet and GRAMMY-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street.