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RICKY IAN GORDON
(1956 - )Nationality: USA
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Ricky Ian Gordon was born on May 15, 1956 in Oceanside, NY and raised on Long Island. After studying piano, composition and acting, at Carnegie Mellon University, he settled in New York City, where he quickly emerged as a leading writer of vocal music that spans art song, opera, and musical theater. Mr. Gordon's songs have been performed and or recorded by such internationally renowned singers as Renee Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Nathan Gunn, Judy Collins, Kelli O'Hara, Audra MacDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Nicole Cabell, the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Frederica Von Stade, Andrea Marcovicci, Harolyn Blackwell, and Betty Buckley, among many others.
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Dream True My Life With Albertine Orpheus & Euridice Sycamore TreesDream True
Two boyhood soulmates meet again as adults and attempt to incorporate the magic of their unique childhoods into their now disparate adults lives.
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Written by Tina Landau in collaboration with composer Ricky Ian Gordon. Will receive concert staging And recording Spring 2003 via Cooper-Union New York City.
1st Produced:
The Vineyard 16 Apr 1999
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Studio cast: PS Classics Inc (PS- 9641) 2004
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Musical
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Male: 6 Female: 3 Other: 2b
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Top of PageMy Life With Albertine
Seventeen year old Marcel is on holiday with his grandmother it is 1898. He meets Albertine and they spend a lot of time together. Albertine invites Marcel to her hotel room. When he arrives she is in her night attire. Marcel tries to kiss her but she has him thrown out. He and his grandmother return to Paris. Marcel's grandmother dies. Marcel drifts. One day Albertine arrives at his door. She encourages him to sleep with her. Having had his way Marcel throws her out. The next summer back at the seaside Marcel visits a seedy nightclub. He finds Albertine dancing with another woman and other lesbians there. Marcel is consumed with jealousy and forces Albertine back to Paris. He keeps her a virtual prisoner in his apartment. She gets away. Marcel is writing a letter to her begging her to come back when he receives a letter saying Albertine is dead.
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Music by Ricky Ian Gordon; lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon; Richard Nelson; book by Richard Nelson. Based on "Remembrance of Things Past" by Marcel Proust
1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizon, New York 13 Mar 2003
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Original cast recording: P S Classics PS-313) 2003
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Gay/Lesbian musical
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageOrpheus & Euridice
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Completed in 2001, Ricky Ian Gordon's hour-long song cycle Orpheus and euridice (the composer modernized the spelling of the heroine's name) is the most recent interpretation of the Orphic myth by a major composer. the text, which he wrote himself, is at once timeless and highly personal. the music is epic in scope while still maintaining the blend of modern art music and popular musical theatre for which Gordon is so well-known. In his setting of the tale, told by the soprano as she recounts a dream she had, Orpheus is represented by the clarinet, who speaks in music through his instrument. Labeled by the composer as a Dramatic song cycle, Orpheus and euridice was intended to be presented not only through music, but also through movement and stagecraft.
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Heather Dudenbostel (Soprano), Ryan Dudenbostel (Clarinet), Jad Bernardo(Piano)
1st Produced:
Duo Multicultural Arts Center, 62 East 4th Street, New York 02 Jun 2011
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the Orpheus Project and Collaborative Stages
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song cycle
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageSycamore Trees
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Sycamore Trees is the moving story of his family's struggles and their reliance on each other through good and bad.
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Music And lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon; Book by Ricky Ian Gordon And Nina Mankin
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