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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.

lyrics

ACT 3: New York
i. The City
ii. Newfoundland

(Jean in NYC overwhelmed by the bright lights and excitement of the wonderment of all she had dreamed America would be, unknowing of the culture shock that awaited her in south Texas)

CHORUS ( showtune/broadway)
Turn to the left
Turn to the left
Turn to the left
Turn to the left
Turn to the right
New York! New York!
Turn to the left
New York! New York!
Turn to the right
New York! New York!
Turn to the right
New York! New York!
Turn to the left
New York! New York!

Jean
I am here to see my love in
New York! New York!
I am here to feel alive in
New York! New York!
Hold me in your arms tonight
New York! New York!
We can live our dreams tonight
New York! New York!
New York! New York

(heading towards her train)

New York
Bye Bye
On my mind
Bye New York
Goodbye my love
New York

Grandchild (sung with choir to represent their 7 children in the future)
New York is where
My mothers mom
Set foot upon the
Newfoundland
She paved the way
For me to fail
So here I am today
To break the curses
That my father left
Before he left me
Here to die
Not caring for
The child i was
But now I am that child today
New york is where
My mothers mom
Set foot upon the
Newfoundland
She paved the way
For me to fail
New York!!!

(train horn)

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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