[NEOPAL]Cleveland Opera and The Cleveland Play House Co-Present The Tyrant

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cleveland Opera and The Cleveland Play House 

Co-Present Paul Dresher's The Tyrant

Regional Premiere To Open FusionFest 

April 3, 2006 . Cleveland.  Cleveland Opera will close its 30th Anniversary
Season with the regional premiere of composer Paul Dresher and librettist
Jim Lewis' new opera, The Tyrant, co-presented with The Cleveland Play
House.  Directed by Melissa Weaver and performed by tenor John Duykers and
the Paul Dresher Ensemble, The Tyrant will mark the opening of FusionFest,
Cleveland's new multidisciplinary arts festival.  Performances are May 2, 3,
5, 6, and 7, 2006 in the Bolton Theatre at The Cleveland Play House complex
with Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday performances at 8 p.m. and
Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.  Though the production is sold out, waiting list
seating is available on a standby basis by calling the Cleveland Opera box
office at 216/575-0903 ext. 221.

The Tyrant opened to rave reviews at its May, 2005, world premiere in
Seattle, where it was hailed as "absolutely mesmerizing" and "a tour de
force." (Seattle Times).   Inspired by Italo Calvino's short story, A King
Listens, The Tyrant tells the story of a king who, paralyzed by fear of
being overthrown, physically cannot leave his throne and experiences his
kingdom only through sound.  As the king listens to his castle, his fears
manifest in each noise out of place, driving him slowly into madness.

Known for his exceptionally rich tenor voice, John Duykers, who will reprise
the role of the Tyrant in Cleveland, won critical acclaim for originating it
in the world premiere production with the Seattle Chamber Players.
Described by Seattle Times as "effective in a role he has made so wholly his
own," and as having a "pliant and suitably majestic tenor .," the score of
The Tyrant was composed specifically to draw out the full range and depth of
Mr. Duykers' voice.  

Now entering in its 30th season, Cleveland Opera is the city's leading
professional opera company and a cultural jewel of Northeast Ohio.  A member
of OPERA America, the company produces dynamic classical and contemporary
repertoire as well as new works and is home to Cleveland Opera on Tour, an
extensive education and outreach program.  A resident company of the
Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland Opera has over 3,000 subscribers and
touches an annual audience of more than 98,000 theatergoers of all ages.
The 2005-06 Season is sponsored by Cleveland Foundation, Ohio Arts Council,
MBNA, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine, and WCLV.

The Company

John Duykers, the Tyrant, made his professional operatic debut with Seattle
Opera.  Since then he has appeared with many of the leading opera companies
of the world including Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston
Grand Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Netherlands Opera, the Grand Theatre
of Geneva, Frankfurt Opera, Opera de Marseille, the Canadian Opera Company,
Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, and the Opera Company of
Philadelphia.  Mr. Duykers is particularly known for his performances of
contemporary music, having sung in nearly 70 contemporary operas including
41 world premieres.  He created the role of Mao Tse-Tung in John Adams'
Nixon in China, which he went on to perform throughout the world.  He has
been a frequent performer at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and likewise has
appeared regularly with San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera.  Mr.
Duykers has had a close association with a number of contemporary composers,
notably John Adams and Philip Glass.  He sang the premiere of Glass' In The
Penal Colony in 2001 and Galileo Galilei in 2002.  Mr. Duykers has appeared
frequently with symphony orchestras throughout the United States including
the National Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, and the Kansas City, Tri-Cities, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and
the San Jose symphonies.  His appearances at major festivals have included
Aspen Music Festival, the American Music Theater Festival, the Gaudeamus
Music Week, Kaitheater Festival, the Brooklyn Acadamy of Music's "Next Wave"
Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, the London International Festival of
Theatre, Internationale Teatrerfestival in Copenhagen, Edinburgh Festival,
the Festival Internacional de Teatro de Granada, and Juneau Jazz and
Classics.  Upcoming performances for Mr. Duykers' include premieres of
Bitter Harvest Kurt Rohde for Kent Nagano and the Berkeley Symphony, a new
version of the opera Kali by Tony Prabowo, Jarrad Powell, and Goenawan
Mohamed, and Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen with San Francisco Opera in
June.  Mr. Duykers has received critical acclaim in numerous productions of
George Coates Performance Works, the Paul Dresher Ensemble and the A.Ga.Pe.
Performance Group which have been seen on the worlds' most important
contemporary music and theater stages.  He is currently developing an opera
program for the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts.

Paul Dresher, Composer, is an internationally active composer noted for his
ability to integrate diverse musical influences into his own coherent and
unique personal style.  He pursues many forms of musical expression
including experimental opera and musical theater, chamber and orchestral
composition, live instrumental electro-acoustic music performances, musical
instrument invention, and scores for theater, dance, and film.  His
contemporary chamber group, the six-member Paul Dresher Ensemble
Electro-Acoustic Band, recently performed its Carnegie Hall debut,
performing a concert of Dresher's chamber works as part of the "In Your Ear
Festival," curated by John Adams.  Upcoming premieres include The Tyrant, a
solo chamber opera for tenor John Duykers and Pierrot ensemble, a Wallace
Alexander Gerbode Foundation commission for the San Francisco Chamber
Orchestra, and the re-mounting of his seminal music theater work, created
with writer/performer Rinde Eckert, Slow Fire.  Mr. Dresher has received
commissions from the Library of Congress, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,
Spoleto Festival USA, the Kronos Quartet, the San Francisco Symphony,
California EAR Unit, Zeitgeist, Walker Arts Center, University of Iowa, Meet
the Composer, and the American Music Theater Festival.  He has performed or
had his works performed throughout North America, Asia, and Europe.
Engagements have included appearances with the New York Philharmonic and at
the Munich State Opera, the Festival d'Automne in Paris, the Brooklyn
Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, the Minnesota Opera, Arts Summit
Indonesia '95, Festival Interlink in Japan, and five New Music America
Festivals.  Mr. Dresher has also worked extensively with many choreographers
including Margaret Jenkins, Brenda Way/ODC San Francisco, Nancy Karp &
Dancers, Wendy Rogers Dance Company, and Allyson Green Dance.  His recently
completed composing projects include Snow in June, a collaboration with
playwright Charles Mee and director Chen Shi-Zheng, commissioned by the
American Repertory Theatre; and a collaboration with former Kronos Quartet
cellist Joan Jeanrenaud on his cello concerto Unequal Distemperament.  In
2001 Mr. Dresher composed Sound Stage, a music theater work performed on a
set made entirely from very large-scale invented musical instruments.
Commissioned and performed by the new music ensemble Zeitgeist (with support
from the Walker Art Center), the piece includes large-scale invented
instruments, virtuoso performances on traditional instruments, vivid
lighting design, and writing and direction by Rinde Eckert, combining
deadpan physical humor with a spare, wry text.  Born in Los Angeles in 1951,
Mr. Dresher received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from UC Berkeley and his
Master of Arts in Composition from UC San Diego where he studied with Robert
Erickson, Roger Reynolds, Pauline Oliveros and Bernard Rands.  He has had a
longtime interest in the music of Asia and Africa, studying Ghanaian
drumming with C.K. and Kobla Ladzekpo, Hindustani classical music with
Nikhil Banerjee as well as Balinese and Javanese music.  Recordings of his
works are available on the Lovely Music, New World (with Ned Rothenberg),
CRI, Music and Arts, 0.0. Discs, BMG/Catalyst, MinMax, Starkland, and New
Albion labels.

Amy Pawlukiewicz

Public Relations Associate

Cleveland Opera 

1422 Euclid Avenue

Suite 1052

Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Phone: (216)575-0903 ext. 214

Fax: (216)575-1918

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April 3,
2006 … <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>. 
Cleveland Opera will close its 30th Anniversary Season with =
the
regional premiere of composer Paul Dresher and librettist Jim =
Lewis’ new
opera, The Tyrant, =
co-presented
with The Cleveland Play House.  Directed by Melissa Weaver and =
performed by
tenor John Duykers and the Paul Dresher Ensemble, The Tyrant will mark the opening of FusionFest, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>’s new
multidisciplinary arts festival.  Performances are May 2, 3, 5, 6, =
and 7, 2006
in the Bolton Theatre at The Cleveland Play House complex with Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday performances at 8 p.m. and Sunday =
afternoon at
2 p.m.  Though the production is sold out, waiting list seating is =
available on
a standby basis by calling the Cleveland Opera box office at =
216/575-0903 ext.
221.<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-family:"Arial Narrow"'> opened to rave reviews at its May, =
2005,
world premiere in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Seattle</st1:City></st1:place>,
where it was hailed as “absolutely mesmerizing” and “a =
tour
de force<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>.</span></i>” =
(<st1:place
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span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> Times).  </span></i> Inspired by =
Italo
Calvino’s short story, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>A King =
Listens,
The Tyrant</span></i> tells the story of a king who, paralyzed by fear =
of being
overthrown, physically cannot leave his throne and experiences his =
kingdom only
through sound.  As the king listens to his castle, his fears =
manifest in each
noise out of place, driving him slowly into =
madness.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Known for
his exceptionally rich tenor voice, John
Duykers, who =
will reprise
the role of the Tyrant in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>,
won critical acclaim for originating it in the world premiere production =
with
the Seattle Chamber Players.  Described by Seattle
Times as “effective in a role he has made so wholly his
own,” and as having a “pliant and suitably majestic tenor =
…,”
the score of The Tyrant =
was
composed specifically to draw out the full range and depth of Mr. =
Duykers’
voice.  <o:p></o:p>

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entering in its 30th season, Cleveland Opera is the city’s leading
professional opera company and a cultural jewel of <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Northeast
 Ohio</st1:place>.  A member of OPERA <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>, the company =
produces
dynamic classical and contemporary repertoire as well as new works and =
is home
to Cleveland Opera on Tour, an extensive education and outreach =
program.  A
resident company of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Playhouse</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
Cleveland Opera has over 3,000 subscribers and touches an annual =
audience of
more than 98,000 theatergoers of all ages.  The 2005-06 Season is =
sponsored by
Cleveland Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, MBNA, The Plain Dealer, =
Cleveland
Magazine, and WCLV.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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John Duykers, the =
Tyrant, made his professional operatic =
debut
with Seattle Opera.  Since then he has appeared with many of the =
leading opera
companies of the world including Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco =
Opera,
Houston Grand Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Netherlands Opera, the =
Grand
Theatre of Geneva, Frankfurt Opera, Opera de Marseille, the Canadian =
Opera
Company, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, and the =
Opera
Company of Philadelphia.  Mr. Duykers is particularly known for his
performances of contemporary music, having sung in nearly 70 =
contemporary
operas including 41 world premieres.  He created the role of Mao =
Tse-Tung in
John Adams’ Nixon in =
China,
which he went on to perform throughout the world.  He has been a =
frequent
performer at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and likewise has appeared =
regularly
with San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera.  Mr. Duykers has =
had a close
association with a number of contemporary composers, notably John Adams =
and
Philip Glass.  He sang the premiere of Glass’ In The Penal Colony in 2001 and Galileo Galilei in 2002.  Mr. Duykers has =
appeared
frequently with symphony orchestras throughout the <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">United
 States</st1:country-region> including the National Symphony Orchestra,
American Composers Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Kansas City</st1:City>, Tri-Cities, <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Sacramento</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st=3D"on">Santa Rosa</st1:City>, and the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">San Jose</st1:City></st1:place> symphonies.  His =
appearances at
major festivals have included Aspen Music Festival, the American Music =
Theater
Festival, the Gaudeamus Music Week, Kaitheater Festival, the Brooklyn =
Acadamy
of Music’s “Next Wave” Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, =
the
London International Festival of Theatre, Internationale Teatrerfestival =
in <st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Copenhagen</st1:City>, Edinburgh Festival, the Festival =
Internacional
de Teatro de <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Granada</st1:City></st1:place>,
and Juneau Jazz and Classics.  Upcoming performances for Mr. =
Duykers’
include premieres of Bitter Harvest =
Kurt
Rohde for Kent Nagano and the Berkeley Symphony, a new version of the =
opera Kali by Tony Prabowo, Jarrad =
Powell, and
Goenawan Mohamed, and Janacek’s Cunning
Little Vixen with San Francisco Opera in June.  Mr. =
Duykers has
received critical acclaim in numerous productions of George Coates =
Performance
Works, the Paul Dresher Ensemble and the A.Ga.Pe. Performance Group =
which have
been seen on the worlds’ most important contemporary music and =
theater
stages.  He is currently developing an opera program for the =
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Music</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
at the California Institute of the Arts.<o:p></o:p>

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Paul Dresher,
Composer, is an internationally active composer noted for his =
ability to
integrate diverse musical influences into his own coherent and unique =
personal
style.  He pursues many forms of musical expression including =
experimental
opera and musical theater, chamber and orchestral composition, live
instrumental electro-acoustic music performances, musical instrument =
invention,
and scores for theater, dance, and film.  His contemporary chamber =
group, the
six-member Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band, recently =
performed its
Carnegie Hall debut, performing a concert of Dresher’s chamber =
works as
part of the “In Your Ear Festival,” curated by John =
Adams. 
Upcoming premieres include The =
Tyrant,
a solo chamber opera for tenor John Duykers and Pierrot ensemble, a =
Wallace
Alexander Gerbode Foundation commission for the San Francisco Chamber
Orchestra, and the re-mounting of his seminal music theater work, =
created with
writer/performer Rinde Eckert, Slow =
Fire. 
Mr. Dresher has received commissions from the Library of Congress, Saint =
Paul
Chamber Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA, the Kronos Quartet, the San =
Francisco
Symphony, California EAR Unit, Zeitgeist, <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Walker</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Arts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Iowa</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Meet the Composer, and =
the
American Music Theater Festival.  He has performed or had his works =
performed
throughout North America, Asia, and <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Europe</st1:place>. 
Engagements have included appearances with the New York Philharmonic and =
at the
Munich State Opera, the Festival d'Automne in Paris, the Brooklyn =
Academy of
Music's Next Wave Festival, the Minnesota Opera, Arts Summit Indonesia =
'95,
Festival Interlink in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
and five New Music America Festivals.  Mr. Dresher has also worked =
extensively
with many choreographers including Margaret Jenkins, Brenda Way/ODC San
Francisco, Nancy Karp & Dancers, Wendy Rogers Dance Company, and =
Allyson
Green Dance.  His recently completed composing projects include =
Snow in June, a collaboration =
with
playwright Charles Mee and director Chen Shi-Zheng, commissioned by the
American Repertory Theatre; and a collaboration with former Kronos =
Quartet
cellist Joan Jeanrenaud on his cello concerto Unequal
Distemperament.  In 2001 Mr. Dresher composed Sound Stage, a music theater work
performed on a set made entirely from very large-scale invented musical
instruments.  Commissioned and performed by the new music ensemble =
Zeitgeist
(with support from the Walker Art Center), the piece includes =
large-scale
invented instruments, virtuoso performances on traditional instruments, =
vivid
lighting design, and writing and direction by Rinde Eckert, combining =
deadpan
physical humor with a spare, wry text.  Born in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Los Angeles</st1:City></st1:place> in 1951, Mr. Dresher =
received his
Bachelor of Arts in Music from UC Berkeley and his Master of Arts in
Composition from UC San Diego where he studied with Robert Erickson, =
Roger
Reynolds, Pauline Oliveros and Bernard Rands.  He has had a =
longtime interest
in the music of Asia and <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Africa</st1:place>, =
studying
Ghanaian drumming with C.K. and Kobla Ladzekpo, Hindustani classical =
music with
Nikhil Banerjee as well as Balinese and Javanese music.  Recordings =
of his
works are available on the Lovely Music, <st1:place w:st=3D"on">New =
World</st1:place>
(with Ned Rothenberg), CRI, Music and Arts, 0.0. Discs, BMG/Catalyst, =
MinMax,
Starkland, and New Albion labels.<o:p></o:p>

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