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American Soil (Live)

from The War Bride (Live Headphone Opera) by Nathan Felix

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This headphone opera follows a WWII bride from Britain as she faces new challenges as an immigrant in the USA in the 1940's. The opera comes full circle to the present day with immigration as a focus with children being separated from their families on the Rio Grande border. The opera premiered on November 10th in San Antonio Texas to two sold out shows with 200 headphones checked out for both performances.

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(at the dock in New York and US Customs where war brides did passport checks and were given train tickets to their final destination(s))

US Customs Officer
Oh The United States
Welcomes you to New York
All you wallflower wives
Please get in line

Jean
American soil
Is this really
My new home

US Customs Officer
This train to Georgia
This train to Kansas
This train to Utah
This train to Texas
Have your passport
For the bride train
Farewell war brides
New life in America

(train horn sounds)

credits

from The War Bride (Live Headphone Opera), released January 2, 2019
CAST
Elise Miller (soprano) plays...
Jean Groundsell Contreras

James Dykman (tenor) plays...
Joe Contreras, Neville Chamberlain, grandchild

Jeremiah Drake (baritone) plays...
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Shipman, US Customs Officer, Juan

written by Nathan Felix
directed by Shane Howard
set design by Chris Sauter
audio engineering by Erik Wofford
poster artwork by Ben Humphreys

THE ORCHESTRA
Richard Castillo (conductor)
Michael Tijerina-Cho (oboe)
William Colangelo (clarinet)
Jacob Kolodziej (trumpet)
Joseph McLemore (trombone)
Florian Love (violin)
Gabriella Baez (viola)
Luke Bonecutter (cello)
Jaime Ramirez (piano)
Ben Humphreys (percussion)
Steph Huskin (soprano)
Nancy Poffenbarger (soprano)
Chancey Blackburn (alto)
Madeline Elizondo (alto)
JonRay Watson (tenor)
Gregory Hillard (baritone)

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Felix is a composer and also a member of the Noise Revival Orchestra. The Curse the Cross & the Lion, was featured by the BBC and made into a documentary, The Curse & The Symphony.
PBS featured Felix's 6-Piano Project in which he restored abandoned pianos to premiere his works written for six pianos. Felix directs, From Those Who Follow the Echoes, who premiered his “Opera on a Bus“. ... more

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