PIETÀ

Music by Jake Landau

Libretto by Jake Landau and Andrea DelGiudice

Written in English.

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Premiered onstage 2021 at The Narnia Festival in Narni, Italy, conducted by the composer. Commissioned as part of Landau's Composer-in-Residency.

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American premiere September 2022 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center.

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Film version

Editor and Cinematographer       Jacob Maximillian Baron

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Director    Andrea DelGiudice

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Starring    Devony Smith               Claire Leyden

                   Sishel Claverie              Alexia Bigari

                   Stacey Canterbury       Jordan Weatherson Pitts

                   Erik Van Heyningen     Erin Kennedy

                   Kristina Shafranski      Kayla Faccilongo

                   Christine Duncan         Melanie Long

Program for the filmed reading.

Trailer for the filmed reading.

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Pietà was written for the Narnia Festival's 2020 season to be paired with Puccini's Suor Angelica.

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Version 1: c. 90 minutes (evening-length)

Version 2: c. 60 minutes (for performance with Suor Angelica)

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Orchestrations available

Piano/vocal

Chamber orchestra

Full orchestra (the same forces as Suor Angelica)

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For additional information on this project, contact Kathy Olsen at Encompass Arts Management.

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