“Yo, Bitch” – Next Time Don’t Miss One World Symphony’s Breaking Bad-Ozymandias
This looks like an amazing, in-depth and well-thought out treatment. Go to the One World Symphony site and read the artist’s statement. Awesome.
If you don’t know about New York’s One World Symphony it’s about time you learned. This orchestra/opera company has been in existence for about 13 years and now, because of its founding director and conductor-composer’s new work, it may gain the notoriety it justly deserves. Last night’s program titled “Addiction” included pieces from Wagner’s Der fliegende Hollander, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Berlioz’s La mort D’Ophelie along with his own Breaking Bad-Ozymandias.
Not a fan of opera, it exposed me to a great performance in a small venue. This intimate setting allowed the audience to be fully engaged with the performers and, likewise, the performers were right there with the audience. Everyone had fun.
Hong connects with the audience through discussion and participation. He explained his obsession with the series Breaking Bad and how beginning in October he quickly composed the opera. He even included audience participation by cueing the crowd…
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