Angel's Bone, by Du Yun & Royce Vavrek

Angel's Bone

by Du Yun & Royce Vavrek

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1.	Procession 02:02	buy track
2.	Scene I - A Prism, A Video, A Flurry 03:17	buy track
3.	Scene I - I’ve Been Good to You 03:37	buy track
4.	Scene I - Found in the Garden 01:59	buy track
5.	Scene II - Clawfoot 02:11	buy track
6.	Scene II - A New History 04:07	buy track
7.	Scene II - What I’d Do For You 03:33	buy track
8.	Scene III - Smiles 05:26	buy track
9.	Scene III - Feathers are Prickly Things 03:26	buy track
10.	Scene IV - I’ve Been Blessed 04:51	buy track
11.	Scene V - We Will Fly Away 05:49	buy track
12.	Scene V - Taking Orders 03:27	buy track
13.	Scene VI - The Blessings 05:19	buy track
14.	Scene VI - Ignition 03:21	buy track
15.	Scene VI - Brick J 05:08	buy track
16.	Scene VI - Fully Devoured 00:32	buy track
17.	Scene VI - Battered, Bruised, Beaten, Bloody 01:41	buy track
18.	Scene VII - The Taste of Your Kisses 01:46	buy track
19.	Scene VII - Empty Arteries 01:09	buy track
20.	Scene VII - A Bag of Feathers 00:20	buy track
21.	Scene VII - Mercy 05:39	buy track
22.	Scene VII - Promises 01:25	buy track
23.	Scene VII - Gestation 04:59	buy track
24.	Scene VIII - Legendary on TV 05:23	buy track
25.	Brick J (Feat. Du Yun) 05:12	buy track

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Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music, Angel’s Bone is a new work of opera-theatre by composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek that follows the plight of two angels whose nostalgia for earthly delights has, mysteriously, brought them back to our world. They are found battered and bruised from their long journey by a man and his wife. The married couple is in the midst of a financial crisis, they seem to have grown far apart from one another in this marriage, and the unspoken aggression between them is palpable; nevertheless, Mr. and Mrs. X.E. set out to nurse the wounded angels back to health: they bathe them, wash the dirt from their nails… then lock them in a room, leaving them a claw foot bathtub for a shared bed, and decide to exploit these magical beings for wealth and personal gains.

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released September 22, 2017

Mrs. X.E. – Abigail Fischer
Mr. X.E. – Kyle Pfortmiller
Girl Angel – Jennifer Charles
Boy Angel – Kyle Bielfield*
Man on the TV- Thomas McCargar
Female Customer / TV host- Melanie Russell

*Kyle Bielfield appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street-
Primary choir: Eric S. Brenner*, Timothy Hodges, Linda Lee Jones, Clifton Massey, Thomas McCargar, Scott Mello, Timothy Parsons, Melanie Russell, Jonathan Woody, *soloist

Additional vocals: Melissa Attebury, Sarah Brailey *, Paul D’Arcy, Meg Dudley, Brian Giebler, Helen Karloski, Tim Krol, Edmund Milly, Daniel Moody, *soloist

NOVUS NY-
Stuart Breczinski (Oboe/English Horn), Adam Cockerham (Lute), Anna Elashvili (Violin), Stephanie Griffin (Viola), Ashley Bathgate (‘Cello), Moran Katz (Clarinet), Micah Killion (Trumpet), Ian Rosenbaum (Percussion/Drumset), Alex Sopp (Flute/Alto Flute/Bass Flute), Ben Vokits (Tuba).

Executive Producer – Trinity Wall Street
Recording, Editing, Mixing and Mastering Engineer – Marc Urselli
Associate Engineers – Sascha Van Oertzen, Gintas Norvila
Produced by Du Yun
Recorded on June 12 and 13, 2017 at National Sawdust

Angel’s Bone had its world premiere at PROTOTYPE on January 6, 2016 at 3LD Center for Art and Technology, New York
Originally commissioned by the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
Completion co-commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE.
World Premiere co-produced by Beth Morrison Projects, HERE, and Trinity Wall Street
The world premiere was supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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