Rhymes With Opera Premieres MANIFESTO ON THE LEDGE

Rhymes With Opera (RWO) announces its 2015 world premiere performances of Anna Meadors' one-act opera Manifesto on the Ledge in New York on May 29-31 at the 124 Bank Street Theatre. Program also to include music of Frederic Rzewski and Matthew Triplett. Soloists include founding members of RWO and the Rhymes With Opera Orchestra.

Cast includes Elisabeth Halliday, soprano; Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano; Robert Maril, baritone; Alex Wen, conductor; Machele Dill, director and designer; Alyssa Meyers, stage manager; the Rhymes With Opera Orchestra.

General admission: $20, available for purchase at rhymeswithopera.org; a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the door, subject to availability.

VIP: $50 (Sunday matinée only) includes a special 1:15pm pre-show event with RWO artists and a complimentary glass of champagne, reserved VIP seating for the performance, and a "thank you!" listed on our website.

Anna Meadors's Manifesto On The Ledge is a world-premiere chamber opera for three voices and a six-piece instrumental ensemble commissioned by Rhymes With Opera. The story centers around Melinda, a salesperson in a dead-end job, who has grown unhappy at work and fantasizes about her days in the Navy. Her lover Ronaire, a mysterious poet and thinker, is puzzled by her growing ennui. Ronaire and Melinda discover unexpected truths about their lovers when Melinda goes on personal strike, forcing Ronaire to go to work instead. Frederic Rzewski's Attica and Matthew Tripplett's I Promise to Be Good round out the program.

Composer and saxophonist Anna Meadors is one of the founding members of the Baltimore-based ensemble Three Red Crowns, which performs original compositions drawing from minimalism, classical, jazz and rock music. Her music has been performed at the NOVA Festival, Artscape, Baltimore's Creative Alliance; the Delancey (NYC), Spectrum (NYC); Redtail (Boston); and Café Nola (MD). Meadors' pieces are featured on Three Red Crowns' first two albums and the Baltimore City Paper's Summer 2013 Music Playlist. Her improvisation is featured on jazz-rock trio Joy On Fire's debut album, as well as Flying Dog Music, vol. 1. For more information, visit annameadors.com

Rhymes With Opera is a New York-based ensemble that commissions, develops and performs new chamber operas, encourages theatrical innovation through multimedia and interdisciplinary collaboration, fosters musical education and growth, and strives to create a dialogue between artists and audiences while adding to the repertory of contemporary opera.

Rhymes With Opera is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, and is a member of the New York Opera Alliance, and an Associate Company Member of OPERA America.

For more information, visit rhymeswithopera.org.

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