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AMOC* celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women with its production of John Adams’s El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered, featuring a libretto by Peter Sellars and production conceived by AMOC* soprano Julia Bullock, with a return to The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine for a second year, capping off a tour of cities across the US.

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El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered in NYC

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

American Modern Opera Company’s (AMOC) production of contemporary composer John Adams’ El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered with libretto by Peter Sellars and concept by Julia Bullock is a chamber music arrangement created and conducted by Christian Reif and was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018 in the beautiful San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel. The New York Times calls it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” This rarely performed work celebrates Latin American poets and voices of women. Says Julia Bullock, “one of opera’s fastest-rising stars” (Vanity Fair), who curated the selections being performed and will sing in the performance, “El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered ruminates on the notion that with the promise of new life, there is the equal threat of inexplicable violence and sacrifice.”

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered

Stanford University

AMOC* celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women with its production of John Adams’s El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered with a tour across the United States. The piece, with a libretto by Peter Sellars and concept by AMOC* member Julia Bullock, will appear from December 11 to 21, 2023 at Opera Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, Stanford Live in Stanford, California, and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut before returning to The Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a second year.

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered on Tour

Immerse yourself in an unforgettable evening of masterful musical performances with Camerata Pacifica as they present "From Bach to Bolivia" in beautiful Santa Barbara, California. This chamber music ensemble, led by renowned music director Emi Ferguson, will take you on a journey through time and across continents with a program featuring the works of the legendary Johann Sebastian Bach.

Get ready to be transported to the 18th century with a mesmerizing performance of Bach's Prelude and Fugue, showcasing the intricate and refined compositions of the Baroque era. Let the powerful sounds of the Organ Sonata No. 5 and the haunting melodies of the Prelude and Fugue in C Minor envelop you in a world of pure musical perfection.

But the journey doesn't stop there. Camerata Pacifica will also delight audiences with a trio of soloists - Coleman Itzkoff on cello, Mikael Darmanie on piano, and Katie Hyun on violin - as they join forces to bring to life Bach's Trio Sonata No. 6 in C Minor. This piece, filled with intricate harmonies and virtuosic passages, is sure to leave you breathless.

From Bach to Bolivia

Colburn School

The Huntington

Music Academy of the West

The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

**Ruckus at Caramoor: A Baroque Chamber Music Experience**

**Date:** Friday, July 7, 2023  
**Time:** 8:00 PM  
**Location:** Spanish Courtyard, Caramoor, Katonah, NY

Join us for an enchanting evening of Baroque chamber music under the stars in the beautiful Spanish Courtyard at Caramoor. This special performance features the dynamic ensemble Ruckus, alongside acclaimed soloists Emi Ferguson on flute and Rachell Ellen Wong on violin. The event promises a visceral and playful approach to early music, bringing to life the pastoral traditions of 18th-century London and New England.

**Program Highlights:**  
- Trio sonatas by George Frideric Handel and Thomas Arne  
- Country dances from Ignatius Sancho  
- Instrumental hymns from William Billings and Daniel Read  
- A new work from Celeste Oram  
- And more, including pieces by Jeremiah Ingalls and Daniel Read

**About Ruckus:**  
Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative Baroque band known for its rough-edged intensity and creative spirit. Their approach fuses the early-music movement's quest for authenticity with the groove of American roots music, creating a unique and engaging sound. The ensemble's members are among the most virtuosic performers in North American early music, earning widespread acclaim for their innovative performances.

**Transportation:**  
A free shuttle service is available from Metro North’s Katonah train station to and from Caramoor before and after the concert. No reservation is required.

**Health & Safety:**  
Caramoor is committed to ensuring the health and safety of its audience, artists, and staff. Visit our website for the most up-to-date health and safety policies.

**Tickets:**  
Tickets for this must-see event are available now. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic of Baroque music in the stunning setting of Caramoor's Spanish Courtyard.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit [Caramoor's website](https://www.caramoor.org/events/ruckus-baroque-chamber-music-2023/).

Join us for a night of exquisite music and historical exploration with Ruckus and friends at Caramoor.

Ruckus

The Rosen House at Caramoor

Broken Theater is a new work created within the walls of La MaMa that melds live dance-theater, music, and cinematic beauty. Twelve artists meet in a ghost theater where they grapple with love, humiliation, and loss at the cost of each other. When the script has disappeared, when the audience is gone, where are the lines between the part you play and the person you are?

Broken Theater: Benefit Night

Ellen Stewart Theatre

Bobbi Jene Smith’s Broken Theater

AMOC*’s first collaboration with Carolyn Chen, How to Fall Apart describes cosmic, natural, and human processes of disintegration, aging, and falling apart. This evening-length work for three dancers, one violinist, and one cellist integrates text, gesture, and music, building upon Chen’s long-standing compositional work “in which sensuality and abstraction find common ground” (LA Times). How to Fall Apart unfolds as various assemblages of sound, movement, and storytelling cohere, dissolve, and reform, telling personal and scientific stories about the climate crisis, cosmological history, the erosion of soil in Northern Chad, the aging body, The Billion Oyster Project in New York, and the operations of microbes.

How to Fall Apart (New York Premiere)

Baryshnikov Arts Center

This chamber music arrangement—specially written for AMOC*—was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018 in the beautiful San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel. The New York Times called it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” The piece, which celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women, returns for a one-night-only engagement this holiday season at a different New York City landmark.

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Join AMOC* artists Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor, and Coleman Itzkoff, cellist, for the opening of “House of the Inhabitant Who Refused to Participate,” Tina Kim Gallery’s newest exhibition curated by the architecture and interior design firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero.

The exhibition, which will continue until January 21, 2023, brings together works by Louise Bourgeois, Heidi Bucher, Sam Chermayeff, John Hejduk, Camille Henrot, James Hong, Ficus Interfaith, Anne Libby, Mathieu Matégot, Emma McCormick Goodhart, Pietro Melandri, Luke O’Halloran, Eli Ping, Steph Shiu, Sophie Stone, Kim Tschang-Yeul, and Luc Tuymans.

Tina Kim Gallery Opening: “house Of The Inhabitant Who Refused To Participate

Tina Kim Gallery

Broken Theater, Bobbi Jene Smith’s newest work that melds live dance-theater, music, and cinematic beauty, continues its premiere run at OZ Arts in Nashville, TN

Broken Theater explores themes of power, love and trust in a threading together of dance-theater, music, and cinematic beauty. It presents a company caught in the theatrics of rehearsal. Company members, preparing for a show, perform music by Schubert, Bach, Connie Converse, and Pete Seeger, exquisitely curated and choreographed. But signals are crossed; the chain of command breaks down; the artists repeat, rebuild, and take apart the moment of performance.

Broken Theater At Oz Arts

OZ Arts Nashville

Broken Theater explores themes of power, love and trust in a threading together of dance-theater, music, and cinematic beauty. It presents a company caught in the theatrics of rehearsal. Company members, preparing for a show, perform music by Schubert, Bach, Connie Converse, and Pete Seeger, exquisitely curated and choreographed. But signals are crossed; the chain of command breaks down; the artists repeat, rebuild, and take apart the moment of performance

Broken Theater At Carolina Performing Arts

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A rising star of historically informed performance, Rachell Ellen Wong brings rare expressive nuance and refreshing vitality to her famously soft-spoken instrument of choice, the Baroque violin. Wong is a recipient of a prestigious 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the only early-music specialist recognized in the award’s history. In her Cal Performances debut, she performs a signature work, Biber’s Sonata No. 5; a solo arrangement of Tartini’s fiery The Devil’s Trill; and dazzling sonatas by Corelli, Herrando, Veracini, and Bach, accompanied by harpsichordist David Belkovski and cellist Coleman Itzkoff.

Coleman Itzkoff

Cellist

Events

Dec 21, 2023

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered in NYC · American Modern Opera Company

Dec 13, 2023

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered · Stanford Live

11 - 16 Dec, 2023

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered on Tour · American Modern Opera Company

17 - 22 Oct, 2023

From Bach to Bolivia · Camerata Pacifica

Jul 7, 2023

Ruckus · Caramoor

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