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You’ve heard opera, and you’ve heard rock—but you’ve never heard opera rocked like the East Village Opera Company. The East Village Opera Company —a powerhouse five-piece band, a string quartet, and two outstanding vocalists—brings the towering emotion and timeless musicality of opera into the 21st century on its Decca/Universal Classics debut with its inventive, hard-hitting arrangements of the music’s “greatest hits”—including “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto, “Habanera” from Carmen, and “Nessun dorma” from Turandot — performed at full length and in the original languages.
The concept of the East Village Opera Company is totally fresh, but not unprecedented in pop. In 1985, for example, former punk-rock impresario Malcolm McLaren released Fans, an album of “hip-hopera” that brought funky beats and electronic programming to the works of Puccini and Bizet. But EVOC is a whole new thing: an integrated, eleven-strong working band dedicated to rocking the opera and electrifying the classics, as the ensemble has been doing to spectacular effect ever since its New York stage debut in the spring of 2004.
The East Village Opera Company was co-founded by lead singer Tyley Ross and arranger/multi-instrumentalist Peter Kiesewalter. They assembled a full-on rock band, adding two guitars, bass, and drums to Peter’s keyboards, then synched it to a string quartet. A second vocalist, AnnMarie Milazzo, was recruited for impassioned duets with Tyley Ross (cf. “Au fond du temple saint,” from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers) and soaring solos like “Ebben? — Ne andrò lontana” (from La Wally by Alfredo Catalani).
The concept of the East Village Opera Company is totally fresh, but not unprecedented in pop. In 1985, for example, former punk-rock impresario Malcolm McLaren released Fans, an album of “hip-hopera” that brought funky beats and electronic programming to the works of Puccini and Bizet. But EVOC is a whole new thing: an integrated, eleven-strong working band dedicated to rocking the opera and electrifying the classics, as the ensemble has been doing to spectacular effect ever since its New York stage debut in the spring of 2004.
The East Village Opera Company was co-founded by lead singer Tyley Ross and arranger/multi-instrumentalist Peter Kiesewalter. They assembled a full-on rock band, adding two guitars, bass, and drums to Peter’s keyboards, then synched it to a string quartet. A second vocalist, AnnMarie Milazzo, was recruited for impassioned duets with Tyley Ross (cf. “Au fond du temple saint,” from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers) and soaring solos like “Ebben? — Ne andrò lontana” (from La Wally by Alfredo Catalani).
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Flower Duet redux (Lakmé)
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E Lucevan Le Stelle redux
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Che Gelida Manina redux
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Ebben? Ne Andrò Lontana redux
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When I Am Laid In Earth redux
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Au Fond Du Temple Saint redux
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Un Bel Di redux
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Habanera redux (Carmen)
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Nessun Dorma redux
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O Mio Babbino Caro redux
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Va Tosca
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Overture redux (Le Nozze di Figaro)
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As You Were Then
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La Donna è Mobile redux
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crai_zee_rana wrote:
saw these guys last night, they were killer...especially when the keyboardist/producer started singing eminem...guh-RATE funny!
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11/16 - EVOC in NJ THIS Friday!
16 Nov 2009 | from www.eastvillageoperacompany.com -
8/6 - New Tour Dates and Remember Me on PBS!
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4/20 - Operatic Heat: Remember Me
20 Apr 2009 | from www.eastvillageoperacompany.com
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- The East Village Opera Company posted a news item ‘1/16 - Fan Discount For Jan 23 Show’. January 2009
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- The East Village Opera Company posted a news item ‘1/7 - EVOC Fans Receive Discount At Parsons Dance Collaboration Entitled’. January 2009
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