UNWRAPPING FORTUNE - a new opera by Alicia J. Lieu

This is the first act of UNWRAPPING FORTUNE that had a reading at the MuSE Sounds of Arts Festival, November of 2017 (musefriends.org).

Synopsis:
Dinnertime approaches at the home of Grace and Simon Blumenkrantz, and Kwan Fai Luk delivers their order of Chinese food. Grace finds out that Kwan Fai's parent's delivery business (Gr8 Wok) is struggling because of a competitor that has proliferated a newly invented Chow Mein Sandwich. During the delivery, Kwan Fai secretly asks Ivy to meet him for a date after school the next day. She accepts. On their date, Ivy is given a fortune cookie with Lotto numbers which she plays on the way home. Grace is irate when Ivy arrives home later than usual and suspects that she was with Kwan Fai. Simon tries to calm her down. Ivy continues to date Kwan Fai and they experience the Chow Mein Sandwich together. Kwan Fai then goes missing, as he gets trapped for days in an elevator during his delivery shift. Ivy discovers some very exciting news for the family but this potentially life changing news comes with an ultimatum. The act ends with each party speculating about the future.

Characters:
Grace Blumenkrantz: mother, soprano (Estibaliz Martinez)
Simon Blumenkrantz: father, baritone (Brian J. Alvarado)
Ivy Blumenkrantz: daughter, soprano (Caroline Miller)
Kwan Fai Luk: delivery boy, tenor (Stephen Velasquez)

Accompanied by the Musikapiphany Ensemble, conducted by Alicia J. Lieu. Music and Libretto © Alicia J. Lieu 2017.

To see the libretto, see http://bit.ly/2BRMg14

Chow Mein Sandwich

"Beauty & the Beast Fantasy-Overture" for string orchestra, premiered during the ComposersCollective.org Rite of String! concert on March 31, 2019 in Scorca Hall at National Opera Center. This piece is dedicated to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Music © Alicia J. Lieu 2019

Beauty And The Beast Fantasy-Overture

Alicia Lieu, composer/conductor.

Written for the OneWorld Symphonic Festival Orchestra. Premiered on July 6, 2019 at Falls Church Episcopal Church. Recording courtesy of The Abernathy Family.

© Alicia Lieu 2019. All rights reserved.

OneWorld 2019

An American in Shanghai

"Rats of NY" for viola and piano. Dedicated to the Instagram Rats of NY living the dream and running the rat race alongside us New Yorkers.

I. Metrocard Rat
II. Henny Rat
III. Pizza Rat

Premiered on June 25, 2019 at The National Opera Center during our Composers Collective concert. Emely Phelps, piano and Chelsea Wimmer, viola.

© Alicia Lieu 2019. All rights reserved.

Pizza Rat

Henny Rat

Metrocard Rat

The Enigmatic Muppet-like Variations

I. Hi Ho, it's Kermit-de-frog Here 
II. Herpty Derpty (1:22)
III. Waka-waka (2:30)
IV. Miss Piggy (3:30)
V. Today's Experiment (5:23)
VI. Ode to Joy Finale (6:55)

Premiered on October 20, 2019 at Opera America at the Pitches Brew inaugural concert. Manami Mizumoto, violin, Ben Larsen, cello, and Hyungjin Choi, piano.

© Alicia Lieu, 2019, composer

Alicia Lieu

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