Rome is Falling

An AMOC* Production

Conceived and composed by DOUG BALLIETT

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY: 

ARIADNE GREIF, soprano
PAUL APPLEBY, tenor
ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO, countertenor
DAVÓNE TINES, bass-baritone
EMI FERGUSON, flute
KEIR GOGWILT, violin
COLEMAN ITZKOFF, cello
DOUG BALLIETT, bass
JOSHUA STAUFFER, guitar
STEPHEN STUBBS, guitar
CLAY ZELLER-TOWNSON, bassoon
JONNY ALLEN, percussion
MATTHEW AUCOIN, piano
ELLIOT FIGG, keyboard

RUCKUS
OJAI FESTIVAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Rome was one of the great civilizations of the world, yet, like all empires, it fell. Why, and how?

The story is a mixture of politics, betrayal, immigration, religion, climate, pandemic, natural disaster, xenophobia, and bad luck–in short, everything human, and everything we face today.

Rome is Falling, conceived and composed by Doug Balliett, is a zany lesson on the absurdity of what can happen when powerful people lose power. In his ever-prescient, ever-joyful way, Balliett brings audiences of all ages on a musical journey through a world that includes lollipops, an absurd amount of characters, and an emperor with a chicken fetish.