Galois
Music by Daniel Brown with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
A Chamber Opera in Two-Acts with a cast: 5 men 2 women
Évariste Galois was a young political revolutionary and the most romantic figure in mathematics. Misunderstood in his time, he changed mathematics forever.
In Development
Ivan Ilych
Music by John Young with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
Adapted from The Death of Ivan Ilych from the 1886 Novella by Leo Tolstoy
A Full Length Chamber Opera in One Act with a cast: 4 men, 1 women, 1 child
Ivan Ilych, a well-positoned man, looks back and considers what is a meaningful life.
"There are quiet, subtle moments in John Young's score that beautifully and somehow effortlessly underscore the spirit of Tolstoy's
world, which Alan Olejniczak's libretto lays out in scenes that are intimate and revealing in precise and poetic language."
In Development
Sueños Americanos ( American Dreams)
Music, Concept, and Spanish Text by Chris Pratorius-Gómez with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
A Full length Chamber Opera in Two Acts with a cast of 3 men and 3 women.
Loosely Based on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (1897)
In Development
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Opera Performances
I enjoy singing and performed on-and-off since my time as an undergraduate student. Nearly all of my on-stage experience has been as a bass-baritone in opera choruses.
Urban Opera, San Francisco
The Witch of Endor, 2010
San Francisco Lyric Opera
Aïda, 2008
Roméo et Juliette, 2007
Atlanta Opera Company
Tosca, 2006
Fidelio, 2005
La Bohème, 2005
Carmen, 2004
Eugene Onegin, 2004
Aïda, 2003
Salome, 2003
The Andy Williams Christmas Show, 2003
Der Fliegende Holländer, 2002
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 Stuarta, 1986
Music by Daniel Brown with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
A Chamber Opera in Two-Acts with a cast: 5 men 2 women
Évariste Galois was a young political revolutionary and the most romantic figure in mathematics. Misunderstood in his time, he changed mathematics forever.
In Development
Ivan Ilych
Music by John Young with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
Adapted from The Death of Ivan Ilych from the 1886 Novella by Leo Tolstoy
A Full Length Chamber Opera in One Act with a cast: 4 men, 1 women, 1 child
Ivan Ilych, a well-positoned man, looks back and considers what is a meaningful life.
"There are quiet, subtle moments in John Young's score that beautifully and somehow effortlessly underscore the spirit of Tolstoy's
world, which Alan Olejniczak's libretto lays out in scenes that are intimate and revealing in precise and poetic language."
In Development
Sueños Americanos ( American Dreams)
Music, Concept, and Spanish Text by Chris Pratorius-Gómez with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
A Full length Chamber Opera in Two Acts with a cast of 3 men and 3 women.
Loosely Based on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (1897)
In Development
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Opera Performances
I enjoy singing and performed on-and-off since my time as an undergraduate student. Nearly all of my on-stage experience has been as a bass-baritone in opera choruses.
Urban Opera, San Francisco
The Witch of Endor, 2010
San Francisco Lyric Opera
Aïda, 2008
Roméo et Juliette, 2007
Atlanta Opera Company
Tosca, 2006
Fidelio, 2005
La Bohème, 2005
Carmen, 2004
Eugene Onegin, 2004
Aïda, 2003
Salome, 2003
The Andy Williams Christmas Show, 2003
Der Fliegende Holländer, 2002
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 Stuarta, 1986