Space in the Heart Launches in New York

After its sold-out première production in Seattle in 2008, Space in the Heart is now being produced in New York by Pocket Opera Players, which is headed by founder, John Eaton, the acclaimed opera composer and MacAthur Fellow. Read all about the production here.

The New York production, scheduled for Symphony Space on Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6, 2010, at 7:30pm each night, has a cast of top-notch New York singers and instrumentalists, with the opera's composer, Bill Smith, playing clarinet, as he did in the Seattle shows.

SPACE IN THE HEART
Friday November 5
& Saturday November 6, 2010
7:30pm
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York
Tel: 212.864.5400
General $35; members $30; students, seniors $25

Tickets on sale here now and at the door.

The Seattle Weekly says: Don't miss this unusual opera.
Seattle production poster

Read Program Notes & the libretto

As our drama begins:

Simone, a lieutenant astronaut, dotes on Hollis, a captain and lead pilot. They head out on a space mission with an assignment to verify that Venus is, indeed, the planet of love. A week passes; they return; Simone dismally reveals that their mission has proven that Venus is, in fact, "a cauldron of sorrow and soot." Hollis reminds her that their bosses, in the capital, have ordered them to hush up their finding, and that in any case, the astronaut's life is all about the glory. Meanwhile, Mae, a cadet flyer, has caught Hollis's eye. His next mission is real near, and he'll need a warmish bunkmate, for nights are long near Mars. Whom will fortune favor, when Love makes gods as weak as men / Night is happiness, misfortunes, both?

Images courtesy of NASA