Backstage at Carnegie Hall

an opera about racism and the electric guitar

Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness -

Chants Libres

Visuel du concert DANS LES COULISSES DE CARNEGIE HALL
Visuel du concert DANS LES COULISSES DE CARNEGIE HALL

Meet Charlie Christian, a jazz guitar pioneer, backstage at his now legendary December 24, 1939 concert at Carnegie Hall, as a panic attack takes hold of the 23-year-old. In his delirium, he is projected in time and space, between dream and reality. His journey takes him from the slaveholding United States to Little Burgundy in Montreal. A gallery of characters crosses his path, including his ancestors, his father, the founder of the Montreal jazz club Rockhead's Paradise, Rufus Rockhead, the luthier Orville Gibson, the clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, and the singer Marian Anderson, emblematic figure of the American civil rights movement of the 1930s.

Tim Brady composed the music for this chamber opera, while Audrey Dwyer wrote the libretto. The production features a stellar cast with tenor Ruben Brutus in the title role, Alicia Ault, Frédéricka Petit-Homme, and Clayton Kennedy accompanied by Bradyworks musicians under the musical direction of Véronique Lussier with staging by Cherissa Richards.

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In the press

"This is part one of an opera cycle in four parts. I am working with four different and brilliantly talented librettists. We are creating narratives of words and music that explore critical issues - racism, information control, abortion rights, the colonization of space, climate change and artificial intelligence. The recurrent character of the cycle is the Time Traveller, a theatrical device that allows us to explore a global vision of contemporary society." Tim Brady

Representation(s)

Musique de Tim Brady | Livret de Audrey Dwyer En anglais avec surtitres anglais et français

Duration

90 minutes (with intermission)

Place

Centaur Theater

Pricing

Adult 46$*
Senior (65+) 31$*
Student 31$*

*incl. 6$

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Équipe artistique et de production

Music by Tim Brady | Libretto by Audrey Dwyer | Artistic Director Tim Brady | Stage Director Cherissa Richards | Set and Costume Designer Nalo Soyini Bruce | Lighting Designer David Perreault Ninacs | Technical Director Dave Surette | Sound Engineer Morris Apelbaum | Stage Manager Emlyn vanBruinswaardt | Sur-titles Clémence Lavigne | Sur-titles translation Lisa L’Heureux | Black History Consultant Dr. Dorothy Williams | Associate producer, social media Emily Hall | Promotion by Labonté Communications

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