For the first time in VOX's history, four of the twelve selections will feature electronic music, including Anne LeBaron's tale of a fictional city recovering from a Katrina-like disaster, with a libretto by Philip Littell, and scenes from composer/DJ Mason Bates' first opera, California Fictions.
This year's festival will also include Thomas Pasatieri's new work Frau Margot, set to a libretto by Frank Corsaro and featuring soprano Lauren Flanigan in the title role, and Los Angeles-based percussionist/composer William Kraft's setting of Anchee Min's memoir, Communist China Red Azalea, with a libretto by Christopher Hawes.
The performances take place at New York University's Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
For more information, visit www.nycopera.com or www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu or call 212-992-8484.