Missy Mazzoli's Song From The Uproar

Abigail Fischer, mezzo-soprano; NOW Ensemble, Steven Osgood, conductor; members of Houston Chamber Choir; Missy Mazzoli, guest composer Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt is an acclaimed multi-media chamber opera by composer Missy Mazzoli, who has been called “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart.” This new opera was inspired by the journals of Isabelle Eberhardt, the explorer, nomad, journalist, novelist, passionate romantic, Sufi, and one of the most unique and unusual women of her era. Da Camera is proud to present the Houston premiere of this groundbreaking work in a semi-staged concert version with original video. “in the electric surge of Ms. Mazzoli’s score you felt the joy, risk and limitless potential of free spirits unbound” – The New York Times “Missy Mazzoli’s dreamlike opera lived up to great expectations and made a star of Abigail Fischer.” - Song from the Uproar named #3 of Time Out New York’s Best Events of 2012