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김지영 작곡 오페라 '우리 엄마의 엄마로부터' 공연@플러싱타운홀(5/13)
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Opera "From My Mother's Mother"
김지영 작곡 오페라 '우리 엄마의 엄마로부터'
Sat May 13, 2017 | 7:30PM
Flushing Town Hall, NY
photo by Feliz Sanchez/Houston Grand Opera
Celebrate Mother's day (FREE for mothers) with a chamber opera about a Korean tradition where Korean women, post- birth, are given seaweed soup which is prepared by their own mother, and believed to assist in recovery. This story, composed by Jeeyoung Kim and libretto written by Janine Joseph, deals with love and reconciliation through one mother providing something to help her daughter, only to face rejection. Performance in English with English and Korean subtitles.
DATE: SAT, MAY 13, 7:30 PM
Tickets: $10/FREE for Members, Students & Mothers
Conductor: John Spencer IV
Soprano: Hayan Kim
Mezzo Soprano: Gloria Yongkyong Park
Mezzo Soprano: Eunjoo Lee - Huls
Baritone: Alex Charlie Boyd
Gayageum: Hyojin Kang
Moderator: Naomi Lewin
This event is co-presented by Flushing Town Hall and The Young Women's Christian Association of Queens, Inc.
Flushing Town Hall is a not-for-profit organization which receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Mayor Bill de Blasio; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; New York State Assembly Members Ron Kim, Ed Braunstein and Nily Rozic; New York City Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the Queens Delegation, and Council Members Costa Constantinides, Daniel Dromm, Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Peter Koo, Karen Koslowitz, and Paul A. Vallone; Howard Gilman Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.
Support is also provided by Astoria Bank, the Chinese-American Arts Council, FTH’s Chinese Cultural Committee, Chinese Radio Network, Dr. Hsing-Lih Chou/ New York Institute of Culture and the Arts, Con Edison, Crossings TV, Exploring the Metropolis, Farrell Fritz, Flushing Bank, Barbara Garii, Gerson Family Foundation, Gerson Properties, Simon Gerson, the Glow Foundation, Howard Graf & Kathy Donovan, Graf & Lewent Architects, LLP, Heather Harrison, Raymond D. Jasen, Ellen Kodadek, the Laura B. Vogler Foundation, Nelson Lee, James S. Liao, Steven Lii, the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Materials for the Arts, William McClure, Metro Plus Health Plan, New York Community Bank, New York Community Bank Foundation, New York State Presenters Network, the Ong Family Foundation, Queens College, Georgiana Reese-Benatti, JoAnn She, Mike Sperendi & Jan Schneider, St. Joseph’s College, Veronica Tsang, Tony & Tai Wang/WAC Lighting, and Constance Wingate.
