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Kevin Puts and Mark Campell’s third opera collaboration, Elizabeth Cree, opened Opera Philadelphia’s 2017 season, a bold festival of new works in the first few weeks of their season.
- What Do You Find Most Fascinating About The Story of Elizabeth Cree?
- What Kind of Musical Aesthetic Has Come Out of This World of 1880s London?
- What Do You Find “Operatic” About Brutal Murders, and An Accused Woman on Trial?
- How Has Your Work with Mark Campbell Evolved Over Your Various Collaborations?
It is different from anything I have done before. That is probably what made it most interesting. In the story, the impoverished Elizabeth dreams of one day seeing the music halls of 1880’s London and rises quickly as a performer on those stages. And what drew me in instantly was how many sides of Elizabeth were thrown at me in such quick successio...
The harmonic language for the opera is often dark and moody and it is established right from the start. In the “music hall” numbers which are scattered throughout the show, I made no attempt to imitate the popular music of this period in London and instead decided to approach them in my own way. One will undoubtedly hear the influence of musical th...
There is great passion involved in each. But I do not labor under any preconceptions of what opera should or should not be. I did not grow up with opera, but rather with instrumental music (most of it for piano or orchestra) and with film. I believe an opera can be anything, BUT it should be, first and foremost, about music. It is not enough just t...
I treasure my work and my friendship with Mark. I would say, while we have always worked easily together, we understand each other’s methods even better after having done three operas together. There is a lot more back and forth, even before I begin composing. We are very honest with each other. If something doesn’t work for him, I know it and vice...
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, the team behind the acclaimed Silent Night, return to Opera Philadelphia for the world premiere of a chamber opera based on Peter Ackroyd's "downright exhilarating" (LA Times) novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree. Set in London in the 1880s, this highly suspenseful and ...
July 28 – August 20. Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s modern masterpiece Elizabeth Cree rounds out the season’s mainstage roster in a new production directed by Alison Moritz, starring 2024 Artist-in-Residence Tara Erraught.
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Jul 26, 2021 · Those elements bounce off each other like pingpong balls in “Elizabeth Cree,” the thrillingly fine opera by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell that opened a three-performance...
Mar 26, 2024 · Some criticize opera for its long-winded and shallow storytelling—but Mark Campbell and Kevin Puts are determined to obliterate those expectations with their thrilling adaptation of Elizabeth Cree, a new opera based on Peter Ackroyd’s 1994 novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree .
