UNFINISHED: AN OPERA | INAUGURAL WORKSHOP
Millbrook | August 20, 2016
New York City | August 21, 2016
The inaugural workshop presentations of Unfinished (now Halcyon) took place on August 20, 2016 at Grace Episcopal Church in Millbrook, NY and on August 21, 2016 at the National Opera Center in New York City.
Featuring:
Maggie Finnegan, soprano
Danielle Messina, soprano
Jennifer Panara, mezzo soprano
Joshua Groffman, piano
Daniela Candillari, conductor
Kelvin Chan, stage director
This project was made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
This project was also made possible by a grant from the Central Research Development Fund of the University of Pittsburgh.
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