Abigail Fischer - Song from the Uproar: Lives & Deaths of Isabelle - Music & Performance - CD

O]ne of the more consistently inventive and surprising composers now working in New York. - the New York Times Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart. - Time Out New York [Song from the Uproar] is ingenious... both powerful and new. - the Wall Street Journal Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt is a multimedia chamber opera by Missy Mazzoli and filmmaker Stephen Taylor. Conceived in collaboration with director Gia Forakis and librettist Royce Vavrek Song from the Uproar features musical performance by five-piece chamber group NOW Ensemble mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer and a 5-piece chorus (Mellissa Hughes Amelia Watkins Kathryn Maroney Matthew Hensrud and Adam Alexander). Song from the Uproar premiered to rave reviews at New York City venue the Kitchen on February 24th 2012 and was produced by Beth Morrison Projects.