Jake Landau (he/him), b. 1995, is an American composer of opera, musical theater, ballet, and instrumental music. His works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera, and Premiere Division Ballet in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, Birdland Jazz Club, and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.
“Landau’s score is lush and lyrical [...] bright and sparkling or ominous...”
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all EVENTSSeptember 25th, 2023
"The Coin Toss" & more at Playfresh
Playthings Theatre presents:
Playfresh: MOTHER HAS ARRIVED
Honoring: Shequida Hall and Melissa D'Andrea
Including Landau's song cycle "The Coin Toss" and more.
Monday, September 25th
7:00PM
The Church of The Village
201 W13th St
New York, NY 10011
Drag Hosts: Hedie Haux & Ruby Roo!
Performances by: Jonathan Christopher, Kerry Conte, Matt Gordon, Bill Irwin, T.Rex, and more Broadway Stars waiting in the wings!
Works by: Ryan Amador, Jake Landau, Roger Q Mason, Billy Reece, Micah Young, and many more!
Ticket On Sale August 25th
November 6th, 2023
George Abud & Katrina Lenk at Birdland
Join George Abud & Katrina Lenk for a return engagement of their sold-out Birdland show “Swung”, featuring a sizzling selection of songs from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Marlene Dietrich, Kay Thompson, Umm Kulthum, and many more.
Jake Landau music-directs a 5-piece band from the piano, featuring Dan Berkery on drums, Sam Sadigursky on reeds, Yuka Tadano on bass, and Harvey Valdes on guitar, this will be a dreamy, madcap soirée of talk and tunes.
November 6th, 2023
Doors 5:30pm; Show 7:00pm
November 17-19th, 2023
AMERICAN PREMIERE: PIETA at OKCU
Following 2021's world premiere in Italy, Jake Landau and Andrea DelGiudice's one-act opera "Pietà" holds its American premiere.
"Pietà" was written to pair with Puccini's Suor Angelica, focusing on Puccini's antagonist, "La Zia Principessa" and her early relationships with Angelica, Genovieffa, and Angelica's lost baby boy. The two one-act operas will be presented as intended, together.
Music by Jake Landau
Libretto by Jake Landau and Andrea DelGiudice.
Pietà // Suor Angelica directed and conceived by Andrea DelGiudice.
INTRODUCTION
Venice,the early 1700s. Winter.
Cast against the dark, sinful city, the Ospedale della Pietà glows with hope, humor, and music. The Pietà is an orphanage that takes girls off the street and trains them to sing and play instruments, forming one of Europe’s most elite orchestras. These figlie (“daughters”of the Pietà) only ever perform from behind an impenetrable lattice, hidden from their audiences for propriety’s sake. They are cared for within the walls, but they are kept under strict lock and key by the religious officials who run the institution.
The Pietà’s two wealthy Padroni (masters),Ugo and Editta, have a teenage “grandson” named Giorgio, though their relationship is not quite so simple. Giorgio is in love with a figlia named Genovieffa, but when he takes her home to meet his grandparents, those long-repressed family secrets rush to the surface. His “grandmother” Editta, Suor Angelica’s“La Zia Principessa”, sees a chance through Genovieffa to fight her way out of years of shame and denial over what she did to her young niece Angelica—and to Angelica’s own baby, Giorgio.
