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OPERA LIBRETTI 

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Death of Ivan IIych
Music by John Young with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
Adapted from The Death of Ivan Ilych, the 1886 Novella by Leo Tolstoy 
A Full Length Chamber Opera in One Act

      One Sheet for Death of Ivan Ilych
     Listen to the Music    Read the Libretto    Read the Score
  • ​World Premiered with Opera Orlando on the Town, February 2021 
  • World Premiere with Thompson Street Opera's 2020/2021 season, ​Chicago, IL September 2021​​
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UnBound
Music by Nathan Hall with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
A Full-Length Site-Specific Chamber Opera with cast of 4 male identified singers
UnBound is a kink chamber opera with BDSM themes of submission, consent, and the sensual possibilities of bondage. Sung in English and Swedish

         One Sheet for UnBound   
  •      Premiering this summer in Denver, Colorado
Dreams Americanos
Music, by Chris Pratorius-Gómez
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Libretto by Alan Olejniczak and Chris Pratorius-Gómez

A Full length Chamber Opera
Loosely Based on Cyrano de Bergerac and sung in English and Spanish
      One Sheet for Dreams Americanos

      Listen to the Music    Read the Libretto    Read the Score
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Transgress
Music by John Young with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
A chamber opera about Dora Ratjen, a Nazi Olympic woman’s high jumper who was arrested for a man impersonating a woman. 
      One Sheet for Transgress 
     Listen to the Music   ​Read the 
Libretto 

OPERAS in DEVELOPMENT

The Nightingale
Music by John Young with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, The Nightingale
A Youth Opera for Families with a cast of 1 baritone, 1 soprano , 10 youth roles,
and a children's chorus​ with ten individual speaking roles. 
Sung in English
One Sheet for The Nightingale 
​Listen to a Sample


Minute to Midnight
Music by Dante De Silva with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
A Full-Length Chamber Opera with cast of 3 women

Minute to Midnight is a surreal telling on the Cuban Missile Crisis that almost led the world to the brink of a nuclear war.    
Sung in English, Spanish, and Russian.        


Of the Father's Love Begotten
Music by Cole Thomason-Redus with text by Alan Olejniczak
A Full-Length 
Christmas Oratorio for Soloists and Chorus. 
Drawn from sacred texts and medieval hymns, this nativity is told from the perspective of Yosef, a young father who must gives up all for his faith, the love of his betrothed Mariam, and her child, Yeshua. Sung in English
 
Atlas of Remote Islands
Music by Nathan Hall with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak and Nathan Hall
A Full-Length 
Concert Opera of Song and Spoken Word for Soloists and Chorus. Sung in English
Based on the book: Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will By Judith Schalansky                                                                                      

Opera Performances
Alan enjoys singing and has performed on-and-off since his time as an undergraduate student.
​Nearly all of his on-stage experience has been as a bass-baritone in opera choruses.
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      Urban Opera, San Francisco
         The Witch of Endor, 2010      
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       San Francisco Lyric Opera
         Roméo et Juliette, 2007
Aïda, 2008
 
Atlanta Opera Company
Tosca, 2006
Fidelio, 2005
La Bohème, 2005
Eugene Onegin, 2004
Aïda, 2003
Der Fliegende Holländer, 2002 
The Andy Williams Christmas Show, 2003
         
Florentine Opera Company, Milwaukee
Turandot, 1988
Il Trovatore, 1987
Les contes d'Hoffmann, 1987
Tosca, 1986
Rigoletto, 1986
Les Pêcheurs de Perles, 1986
 
Milwaukee Opera Company
Maria Stuarda, 1986
 
  supernumerary 
Atlanta Opera Company
Carmen, 2004
Salome, 2003


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