GAle GAtes, FF Alum, presents Strange Birds through November 3, 2001

GAle GAtes et al only 5 more performances of STRANGE BIRDS a chamber opera for four amplified singers and phantom orchestra by Joseph Diebes (composer of music for GAle GAtes productions: So Long Ago. . ., 1839 and Field of Mars) with visual design by Jeff Sugg

Tuesday October 30 - Saturday, November 3

Special Halloween Performance: Wednesday October 31 followed by cocktails in the gallery Half price to those in costume ($6)--otherwise $12 at door

all performances at 8:30 at GAle GAtes et al. 37 Main St. DUMBO, Brooklyn
www.galegates.org. call 718/522-4597 for reservations
$12 Tues-Thurs, $15 Fri-Sat


What is STRANGE BIRDS?
Strange Birds is an amplified chamber opera set in the primordial future. Four singers stripped of conventional dramatic situation,communicate using a vocabulary of wordless melodic fragments. Around them swirls a volatile environment of sonic weather, dissapearing walls and cosmic mirages.

Inspired by bird song, the vocal lines consist of lyrical, often eliptical, gestures sung according to the individual breath of each singer, evoking a multiplicitous ebb and flow of human intercourse. Diebes constructed his orchestra by manipulating and combining small samples from vinyl recordings of orchestral music, creating a wide range of textures which he mixes live during the performance.

The visual environment by technical artist Jeff Sugg merges 19th century mechanical and illusion concepts with contemporary imaging technologies. Costumes are created by Wandjina. The cast features accomplished classical singers: Galienne Eriksen, soprano; Vielka Kelly, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Neer, tenor; and John Rose, baritone.

DIRECTIONS:

A/C to High St., exit back of train, walk down Cadman Plaza West under Brooklyn Bridge, left on Washington St. left on Front St.,
right on Main St.

F to York St., exit back of train, walk down Jay St., left on Front St., right on Main St.

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