AMOC* celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women with its production of John Adams’s El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered, featuring a libretto by Peter Sellars and production conceived by AMOC* soprano Julia Bullock, with a return to The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine for a third year.
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered will be conducted by Christian Reif, who created the new arrangement and premiered the initial, distilled arrangement as part of Julia Bullock’s residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where The New York Times called it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” A rarely performed work, El Niño “explores the central themes of the nativity – miracles, the unique relationship between birthparent and child, and gift giving,” said Bullock, whocurated the selections being performed.and whose ”voice and vision are forces to be reckoned with” (Opera News).
Music by John Adams
Libretto compilation by Peter Sellars
Musical selections by Julia Bullock
Musical arrangement by Christian Reif
Julia Bullock, soprano
Rachael Wilson, mezzo soprano
Kyle Tingzon, countertenor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Emi Ferguson, flute/piccolo
Roni Gal-Ed*, oboe/English horn
Gleb Kanasevich*, clarinet/bass clarinet
Alexander Davis*, bassoon/contrabassoon
Priscilla Rinehart, horn
Conor Hanick, piano
John Arida*, keyboard
Jonny Allen, percussion
Jordan Dodson*, guitar
Keir GoGwilt, Miranda Cuckson, Julia Choi*, Josh Henderson*, Miran Kim*, Qianwen Shen*, Ravenna Lipchik*, violin
Zöe Martin-Doike*, Tia Allen*, Carrie Frey*, Celia Hatton*, viola
Coleman Itzkoff, Seth Parker Woods*, Titilayo Ayangade*, cello
Doug Balliett, Christopher Johnson*, double bass
The Choir of Trinity of Wall Street*
Christian Reif*, conductor
*denotes special guest
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