Join us for an early developmental workshop presentation of a section of Custom of the Coast, a new small-scale opera written by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon and award-winning experimental music/contemporary opera composer Kamala Sankaram. This new work, the subject of a fall Princeton Atelier course, intercuts the life stories of an 18th century Irish pirate sentenced to death, and an Indian-born, Irish-based dentist who died in 2012 having been denied an abortion. The music for the opera draws from both traditional Irish and medieval music and Indian classical music to connect these two stories separated by time. The opera will have a showing at the Guggenheim Works & Process series in February and will premiere at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in Ireland in August. The performance will also include an excerpt from a new small-scale opera work by Princeton music composition Ph.D. candidate Hope Littwin.
Admission & Details
Free and open to the public, no tickets or registration required.
Directions
Get directions to the Berlind Rehearsal Room, located off the Berlind Theatre lobby at McCarter Theatre Center.
Accessibility
Berlind Rehearsal Room is an accessible venue. A ramp from street level is available outside the entrance to the Berlind Theatre (off University Place). A button is available for the automatic doors into the lower lobby. Once inside the lobby, the Berlind Rehearsal Room is ahead to the right, on the same flat level as the lobby.
Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations, including Berlind Theatre. Attendees in need of other access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
