Music
I've composed, produced and performed music. Here are a few examples:
A Harlot's Progress
Chamber Opera based on a series of engravings by William Hogarth. For three singers (soprano, alto and baritone) and six to ten musicians.
Striking, timely and admirable art
- New York Times
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Composer & Librettist: Barry Greenhut
Additional Texts: Theodora Skipitares, Daniel DeFoe, Mary Dorothy George, Claude Quetel, William Hogarth.
Copyright: 1997 & 1998 Barry Greenhut & Theodora Skipitares. All rights reserved.
Producers: Theodora Skipitares & Barry Greenhut, with support from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, La Mama ETC, New York University, the Performing Garage, the National Endowment for the Arts, NYFA, NYSCA, and Meet the Composer.
Performances: Performing Garage, New York NY, May 1998. In Italian and English at La Mama Umbria, Spoleto, Italy, July 1998. The Kitchen, New York NY, September 1998. In French and English at the Fin de Siecle Festival, Nantes, France, December 1998.
Conductors: Christopher Berg, Robert Tomaro.
Soloists: Christina Campanella,* soprano. Felicity LaFortune* and Martha Mechalakos, alto. Lee Winston* and Peter Clark, Baritone.
(* Heard on recording)
Musicians: Chala Yancy, violin. Audrey Terry, Matt Rybicki contrabass. Barbara Cifelli, Silvio Scamboni, Mike Cohen, Lisa Johnson, woodwinds.
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Ether
Also known as Lovable Frog.
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My partner in Ether was Amelia Fairweather - she sang, I played keyboards. Between 1986 and 1993 we wrote and recorded thirty songs, and performed relentlessly in San Francisco and Los Angeles. We released one album: TV, Church & Bars.
Composers & Lyricists: Barry Greenhut & Amelia Fairweather.
Copyright: 1986-1993 Barry Greenhut & Amelia Fairweather. All rights reserved.
Musicians: Amelia Fairweather, vocals. Barry Greenhut (aka Sebastian Archer), keyboards. Malcolm Bertoni, Jan Whittington & John Mader, drums and percussion. Kevin O'Neal* & Alan Whitman, bass. Nick Brophy,* guitar. The Gospel Hummingbirds, vocals.
Producers: Barry Greenhut,* Gibbs Chapman, Jim Dean, Karl Derfler.
Management: Michael Leshay, Sandra Austin Becky, David Cremin.
Executive Producers: David Cremin* and Brian Brinkerhoff* (for Vis-a-Vis Entertainment), Jamie Cohen (for Private Records), John Coon (for Sonet), Indivision Records.*
* TV, Church & Bars
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Body of Crime
Number Opera based on diaries and first-hand accounts of women in prison.
A work of savage magic
- Village Voice
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Composer: Barry Greenhut.
Librettists: Barry Greenhut & Theodora Skipitares.
Copyright: 1996 & 1999 Barry Greenhut & Theodora Skipitares. All rights reserved.
Producers: Theodora Skipitares & Barry Greenhut, with support from La Mama ETC, the National Endowment for the Arts, NYFA, and NYSCA.
Performances: LaMaMa ETC, New York NY, 1996 & 1999.
Soloists: Christina Campanella,
Margaret Dorn,
Jennie Giering,
Valois Mickens,
Michael Moran,
Felice Rosser.
Musicians: Faith,
Naotaka Hakamada,
Patrick Seacor,
Sarah Provost,
Jane Catherine Shaw,
Preston Foerder,
Theodora Skipitares,
Jamie Smith,
Yesim Yalman,
Chriz Zaborowski.
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