Encompass New Opera Theatre
138 S. Oxford Street, Suite 1A
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718.398.4675 tel.
718.398.4684 fax
encompassopera@yahoo.com
Nancy Rhodes
Artistic Director
John Yaffe
Music Director
Spring Gala!
Touring available for a Gertrude Stein musical trilogy. Click here for more information
Save the Date! May 18th Encompass Honors Composer Jerry Bock!
"The most distinctive music heard all season."
—USA Today (for Only Heaven)
"An inventive and most pleasing triple bill."
—The New York Times (for Miss Havisham's Wedding Night, Ocean Dream, and I Will Wait)
"[Nancy] Rhodes is one of the most inventive directors of the theatre."
—The (Bergen) Record (for Elizabeth and Essex)
UN RACCONTO FIORENTINO
A FLORENTINE TALE
Un Racconto Fiorentino is a traditional opera for the 21st Century, based on a story by Giovanni Boccaccio, with music
and libretto by American composer Louis Gioia; orchestrations by Glen Cortese. The Concert staging (over 100 on stage) was
conducted by John Yaffé, directed by Nancy Rhodes, and starred Ravil Atlas, tenor; Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, soprano; William Fleck, bass-baritone; Richard Lewis, baritone; Christina Giannini, costumes; Mara Waldman and Christopher Fecteau, musical preparation; Charles Townsend Wittreich, Jr. sets/props; Kathleen Swanson dancer/choreographer.
“Led by maestro John Yaffé the forces on the Tully Hall stage performed with transcendent concentration exemplary
preparation, freedom and commitment.”
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has generously awarded
Encompass New Opera Theatre a coveted Access to Artistic Excellence
grant for The Theory of Everything.
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