- When:
- October 16, 2013 – October 17, 2013 all-day
- Location:
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Main Campus
Florence Kopleff Recital Hall
- Contact:
- MAILTO:music@gsu.edu
Event Description:
Presented in collaboration with PUSH Theater (Rochester, NY)
Presenting the Atlanta premiere of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s chamber opera, Comala, based on the novel Pedro Páramo by Mexican author Juan Rulfo. In this work, Juan Preciado, the son of Pedro Páramo, guides the reader, narrating in the first person, until death surprises him midway through the novel. From that point on, he becomes a peaceful spectator in the “chorus” of the dead as the story continues to unfold without him. In the chamber opera, the orderly flux of time has been derailed, and the borders between past, present, life and afterlife have dissolved and the dead and the living interact continuously. Whereas the living act under the pressure of time and seek immediate communication, the dead, free from the bonds of time, reflect endlessly through music. Therefore, the living characters express themselves in normal speech, while the dead characters sing. The libretto was assembled from fragments extracted (without alteration) from the novel, in the interest of preserving the poetic language of Rulfo. The work unfolds in 13 continuous scenes.
Admission Information
This event is FREE and open to the general public.
Tickets are not required.
Contact Information:
Name: GSU School of Music
Phone: 404-413-5900
Email: music@gsu.edu
Location Information:
Main Campus – Florence Kopleff Recital Hall
