Actually went to watch a video of this piece on YouTube, it added a lot of context with the visuals.

I'm really enjoying these glimpses into your opera. I shall have to sit down and listen to it all in sequence one of these days.

So beautiful composition and great performance. Very pleasant track accompanying my morning coffee.

I think this piece accentuates the difference between opera and musical.  You manage to emphasize the vocal parts with minimal accompaniment.  Opera....it's all about the singers.

Beautiful piece and as usual a gorgeous voice. Great stuff, Robert!!

Nasvhille Opera; Jordan Rutter, Countertenor

ABOUT THE ARIA
From Masquerade, the third act in a trio of operas called Three Way. Masquerade takes place at a lavish suburban home. It’s a swinglife party, where people from all walks of life pursue their wildest erotic dreams. Couples in masks and robes have paired off in twos and threes. Kyle, half of a genderqueer couple, is left alone, and feels frozen, unsure what to do. Even though Kyle believes that sexuality and gender is fluid, they feel unable to make a move.

ABOUT THE OPERA
An Il trittico for the Tinder generation, Three Way is a new opera about the present and future of sex and love with music by Robert Paterson (The Whole Truth) and a libretto by David Cote (Blind Injustice). In three playful acts, average heroes explore the worlds of android lovers, BDSM and polyamory in a quest for “more” in today’s hyperconnected and gender-fluid world. Featuring Nashville Opera, conducted by Dean Williamson. Original cast recording.

CREATIVE TEAM
Robert Paterson, Composer: http://www.robertpaterson.com | http://www.robertpaterson.com/three-way
David Cote, Librettist: http://www.davidcote.com

THREE WAY SITES
Three Way Site: http://www.threewayopera.com/
Nashville Opera: http://www.nashvilleopera.org/three-way/
American Opera Projects (AOP): http://www.aopopera.org/threeway/

Materials available from Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/threeway/
Three Way Arias - Male: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/i...
Three Way Arias - Female: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/i...
Three Way Piano/vocal score: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/i...

ORIGINAL CAST
Danielle Pastin, Soprano: http://www.daniellepastin.com
Courtney Ruckman, Soprano: http://www.courtneyruckman.com
Eliza Bonet, Mezzo-Soprano: http://www.elizabonet.com
Melisa Bonetti, Mezzo-Soprano: http://www.melisabonettimezzo.com
Jordan Rutter, Countertenor: http://www.jordanrutter.com
Samuel Levine, Tenor: http://www.samuellevinetenor.com
Wes Mason, Baritone: http://www.wesmasonstage.com
Matthew Treviño, Bass: http://www.matthewtrevino.com

LYRICS
Why so shy?
Why stuck in place, hesitating?
Why so shy?
You’ve got to move, stop waiting.
Where are your high ideals?
Revolutionary zeal?
It’s not about who you touch;
It’s about how much they make you feel.

What gives our bodies so much joy,
Has led instead to so much pain.
And acts occurring naturally,
Actually, have been twisted 
Into laws and lies and shame.

Until we stop caring,
Until we stop caring,
Until we stop caring,
With whom we do it,
And how we do it,
And why we do it,
There will be no freedom.
There will be no peace.
No release.

Why this fear?
I’ve faced many things before.
Still I shake.
Won’t make it through the night.
Some choose one, some three dozen,
Which doesn’t lessen any fright.

Maybe you’re under construction:
Work-in-progress, unfinished art.
Keep changing the frame and position,
Each revision revealing more of your heart. 
A masterpiece of self-creation,
But first find the will to start.

If we stop caring,
If we stop caring,
If we stop caring,
With whom we do it,
And how we do it,
And why we do it,
People would share.
People would build
A paradise.

Still: Why so shy?
I have to change.
I have changed.
What holds me back?
Some ideology. 
Society—inside of me.
The angry god of my youth.
Thought I’d finally fought free.

Three Way

Three Way - Act III. Masquerade: Kyle’s Aria: Why So Shy? (Countertenor Aria)

American composer Robert Paterson is a true New Yorker—born and bred in Buffalo, he lived in Rochester and Ithaca for over ten years, in New York City for over twenty years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. Paterson’s colorful music embraces a wide variety of themes, everything from goddesses and online dating to mathematics and the environment. His music is filled with emotion and fierce rhythmic energy, marked by elegance, wit, and meticulous craftsmanship. Named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the winner of the Alfred I. DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won the Grammy® under Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music is often a Best of the Year pick on National Public Radio. His orchestral tone poem, Dark Mountains, regularly airs on NPR’s Performance Today. Three Way premiered with Nashville Opera, then BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and across the United States. Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Albany Symphony, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and ensembles worldwide perform his works. Paterson gives masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, New York University, the Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and more. He is the Artistic Director and house composer for Mostly Modern Projects. Robert is a lifelong vegan and advocates for animals and the environment, celebrating the natural world with ground-breaking works such as his Triple Concerto, A New Eaarth, Listen, and I Go Among Trees.

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