Twice-GRAMMY award winning composer, writer, director
"A Powerful World Premiere... KING OF THE RIVER
is a marvelous piece of descriptive modernism.
Garfein…has made a tremendous contribution to the relatively sparse repertoire for solo voice with orchestra."
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R E V I E W S
Mortality Mansions
"One of the most impressive and deeply moving vocal works of the 21st century" (NATS Journal of Singing)
Powerful... glowing... radiant... Garfein keeps the vocal line simple and forthright, communicating the text naturally while allowing the piano part to provide harmonic freshness. (Opera News)
Sister Carrie
"An important addition to the American operatic canon." (Opera News)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
"Composer-librettist Garfein set the diamond-bright dialogue of the Tom Stoppard play with clarity and wit, heightening the comedy through skillful ensemble writing and characterization.' (The Wall Street Journal)
✯Billboard-charting Album on Delos Records✯
Mortality Mansions: Songs of Love and Loss After 60
Music: Herschel Garfein
Texts: Donald Hall, Jane Kenyon
Michael Slattery, Marnie Breckenridge, Dimitri Dover
Photo of Keith Phares in King of the River by Rodrigo Aranjuelo
CALENDAR
*NY premiere*
Friday, September 30, 2022
THE LAYERS
Sophie Shao , cello
John Blacklow, piano
at Bargemusic
