New Wave Opera: Music in the Manor
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- Lindsey Rae Johnson, soprano
- Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
- Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo-soprano
- Stephen Lewis, piano
Lisa Neher — Selected works
Melissa Dunphy — Selected works
Jodi Goble — Selected works
Monica Chew — Selected works
William Bolcom — Selected works
Jake Heggie — Selected works
Dianne Davies — Selected works
New Wave Opera performs opera scenes, arias, and songs by living composers and librettists at Raven's Manor Haunted Bar!
Enjoy a signature Raven's Manor cocktail while we perform tuneful opera arias, duets, and art songs by living composers and librettists. And, get an exclusive preview of our spooktacular October show, "Night of the Living Opera"!
What are a pair of bored cats to do when their owner is distracted by newfound love?
Can a raven familiar help a grieving daughter avenge her mother's death?
And what's that strange, thumping sound? Could it be...a heartbeat?
Featuring soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson, mezzos Lisa Neher and Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, and Stephen Lewis on piano performing music of New Wave Opera composers Kimberly Osberg & Lisa Neher, plus selections by Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Jodi Goble & Basil Considine, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies, and more.
About New Wave Opera
New Wave Opera performs opera and vocal music by living composers for audiences in engaging, intimate, innovative productions.
https://www.newwaveopera.org/About Lindsey Rae Johnson, soprano
About Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
Dr. Lisa Neher (she/her, "NEER") is an award-winning composer and new music mezzo on a mission to transform audiences through sound, story, and vulnerability. With a voice praised as "full and rich" and "especially alive" (Oregon ArtsWatch), Neher's performance credits include Third Angle New Music, Really Spicy Opera, Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre Oregon, New Music Gathering, Resonance Ensemble, Experiments in Opera, Renegade Opera, and Big Mouth Society. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus and President of New Wave Opera.
Described as a "supremely talented," "visionary composer" (Willamette Week), "maestro of beautifully wacky noises" (Oregon ArtsWatch), and author of "liquid, impressionist piano writing and fluent melding" of voices (New York Classical Review), Neher's compositions are inspired by the climate crisis, the tender love of family and friends, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life. She is Composer in Residence for the Beaverton Community Band. She has been commissioned and performed by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Third Angle New Music, FearNoMusic, Dinosaur Annex, New Opera West, Mirror Visions Ensemble, Alma Ensemble, Opera Elect, and Opera Santa Barbara, among others.
Her awards include the Flute New Music Consortium Competition, ICDA/ICF Choral Competition, Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition and the Celebris Ensemble Choral Competition.
http://www.lisanehermusic.com/About Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo-soprano
https://www.portlandopera.org/about/people/chorus/allison-kim-yok-knotts/